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New Riders Move to Defy Segregation in Jackson
In Jackson Mississippi a new mixed group of riders arrived to defy the white only sign at a bus terminal and faced breach of peace arrests, while federal court actions in two cases advance toward a showdown. Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker and his wife accompany the riders as authorities prepare to enforce desegregation rules and confront open defiance in court.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
California
Wyatt Tee Walker
Atlanta
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Walker
Associated Press
Elizabeth Porter Wyckoff
New York
U. S
Sidney Mize
Biloxi
William Kunstler
Geoffrey Fisher
Tom Watkins
Kunstler
Miss Wyckoff
Mize
Theore
Isk
National Assn
Advancement of Colored People
Elbert P. Tuttle
U.S. Sth Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
Himself
Claude Clayton
Tupelo
NAACP