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Food drive kickoff by Chicago group aids Mississippi delta
The Student Nonviolent group launches a "Food for Freedom" drive sponsored by the Chicago Friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. About 5,000 sharecropper families in the Mississippi delta, earning $300 yearly or less, depend on federal programs during unemployment. Workers will canvass Hyde Park from February 1 to 10.
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Food For Freedom
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Chicago Friends of the Suddent Non
Mississippi Delta
Hyde Park House