Aaron Henry Addresses the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, February 17, 1965

Aaron Henry addresses the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights during a public hearing in Jackson, Mississippi while Charles Evers looks on. Caption on photo reads: (JX1) JACKSON, Feb. 17 -- NAACP OFFICIALS TESTIFY -- Aaron Henry, (left) Mississippi NAACP president, addresses the US Commission on Civil Rights which is holding public hearings in Jackson this week. At right is Charles Evers, Mississippi field director for the NAACP, who also addressed the group.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Joseph & Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights, the Joseph Echols Lowery Irrevocable Trust, and other donors in supporting the processing and digitization of Morehouse College's Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection