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Marchers Hold Night Rally Amid Grenada Voter Registration
In Grenada Mississippi a 500 strong marchers crowd gathered outside the Grenada County Courthouse after an improvised voter registration march. King and McKissick sought to keep the registration office open with four additional Negro assistants as Meredith’s nationwide march resumes toward Jackson.
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Grenada
Miss
Grenada County
James H. Meredith
Martin Luther King
King
Central Business
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Meredith March
Meredith
Memphis
Jackson
Mississippi
New York
University of Mississippi
McKissick
U.S. 51
Cotton
Aubrey James Norvell