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Port Gibson Boycott Shrinks Townspeeds Commerce 1966
In Port Gibson Mississippi a blacks led boycott has halved sales tax take and felled over a dozen businesses since April 1 1966. White merchants sue civil rights groups for 3.5 million in damages as negotiations stall. Gains include four black county office members and 200 black students admitted to white schools. The unrest continues with demands on police and banks, street lighting and hiring.
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Port Gibson
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UPI
Ulysses Ss. Grant
Vicksburg
Mississippi River
General Grant
Mississippi
Fayete
Natchez
U.S
Ed Davis
Roosevelt Jackson
Willie Hays
Bill Lum