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Mississippi women pilot secret bridge between races
A group of socially prominent women funded their Mississippi trip to establish channels between Negro and white communities. The "Wednesdays in Mississippi" project sent eight teams to Jackson Meridian Hattiesburg Canton and Vicksburg to foster one to one discussions over homes breakfasts and teas, reporting mixed progress and fear among participants.
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AL Kuettner
United. ‘Press
International
Jackson
Miss
UPD
Mississippi
United Press International
East
Midwest
Louis G. Cowan
New York
Brandeis University “Communications ”Research Center
Selma
Ala
Dorothy I. Height
National Council of Negro Women
National Ywca Board
National Council of ‘ Jewish ‘Women
National Council of ‘Catholic Women
United Church Women
Atlanta
Dorothy Tilly
Boston
Chicago
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minn
Washington
Baltimore
New Jersey
Jerome B. Wiesner
Watertown
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert S. Benjamin
Long Island
N.Y.C
United Artists Corp
Edward L. Ryerson Jr
Cambridge
Inland Steel Co
Robert B. Meyner
Princeton
N.J
Cowan
President Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Paul B. Johnson
Justice Department
South
Meridian
Hattiesburg
Ruleville
Canton
Vicksburg
Flaxie M. Pinkett
Washington, D.C
Patel