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Volunteers Rally Lawyers Aid Camille Victims in Mississippi
In Gulfport Biloxi and Pass Christian volunteers funded by a $50,000 Office of Economic Opportunity grant provide free legal aid to hurricane survivors. The effort led by Boyce Holleman mobilizes dozens of lawyers from across Mississippi, with Biloxi alone processing nearly 300 cases from about 1,000 applications. About one-fifth of applicants are Black, though no Black lawyers or staff are on the project. the work aims to serve the poor affected by Camille regardless of race.
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Gulfport
Miss
Biloxi
Pass Christian
Office of Economic Opportunity
Boyce Holleman
The
State Bar Association
Holleman
Boyce
Bay St. Louis
Camille
NAACP
Bar Association
University of Mississippi
Saipan
Air Force
Col
Jean Wilson
Robert Acevedo
Acevedo
George Mueller
Studebaker Corporation
Mississippi
Chicago
Charles Clark
Jackson
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
Wayne Nix
First National Bank of
Ross Barnett
Graham Hicks
Natchez
Poverty Agency