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Blacks boycott stores as Port Gibson awaits NAACP judgment
In Port Gibson Mississippi a white merchant group won 1.2 million dollars in a 1967 boycott case against black protesters. The town faces economic strain while the NAACP may owe bond to appeal. Local leaders warn the boycott harms the town and await court rulings on bond and collection.
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Port Gibson
Miss
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
W.P. Gordon
Olmia Smith
State Supreme Court
Gordon
Claiborne County
Eddie Wall
Charles Evers
Fayette
Waddy Abraham
Abraham
Big Boys