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Lowndes County Poverty Persists Amid Civil Rights Gains
In Hayneville Alabama a disabled black farmer notes limited gains from voting while poverty remains high in a 13 000 population county that is 78 percent black. White power structures persist though blacks hold some office and new black led health care and industry efforts arise.
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Thomas A. Johnson
N.Y
Hayneville
Ala
Bill Grant
Grant
Lowndes County
Montgomery
Selma
Virginia
Texas
Sam Bradley
John Huett
Hulett
Smith
Bobby Davis
Fort Deposit
Office of Economic Opportunity Health Center
Antipoverty Agency
Lowndes County Health Services Association
Mary Smith
Alabama State University