Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds 1961 Freedom Rider Conviction
The state Supreme Court in Jackson upholds the 1961 conviction of Edythe Knight and other integration protesters, citing Mississippi racial customs and the need to prevent violence. The ruling notes the freedom rider campaign as a sophisticated effort to stir racial strife in the South.
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Knowledge, ambition and odds in a Nevada town
A profile of Terry Waldez a night cashier and NSU student who plans to study accounting and law out of town to avoid distractions. It links peer pressure to scholarship, cites teachers who use pidgin in Hawaii, and contrasts with a career path and tuition costs. Also features W T Grant employee moves and Delaney Harmond’s decorative crafts and Ted Hector Keegan and Tommy Matta in a dining scene.
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