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Release of Klansman sparks protest in Mississippi
Gov. William J. Waller freed Klansman Charles Clifford Wilson in a work-release program. the move provoked anger among Black leaders and some whites over the Dahmer murder case. Wilson, assigned to Southern Mississippi State Hospital in Laurel, had supported the community with prosthetics work, while critics call the action political.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
William J. Waller
Mississippi
Charles Clifford Wilson
Southern Mississippi State Hospital
Laurel
Waller
Wilson
Laureland
Parchman Penitentiary
Parchman
Vernon Dahmer
Ian Wilson
Dahmer
Kelly Settlement
Corinth
Klan
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth Leech
Shady Grove Baptist Church
Christ
Shady Grove
Leech
WOAM
Billy Hoy Pitts
Pitts
Ince
Louisiana
Rean
Walker
Guv
John Bell Williams
Delta Democrat-Times
Greenville