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Newspaper
Petal Paper
Location
Petal, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1961
Page
3
A reviewer outlines Genet’s play The Blacks where six Black actors stage a funeral over a white woman’s rape and murder while white masked actors observe. The piece explores race, power, and cruelty with provocative cross-cultural violence and political subtexts.
Fragment of a Petal Mississippi issue notes publication by East Sections Co. in Hattiesburg and Montgomery operations. It mentions second class postal status, reentry at Montgomery, and a box 349 address in Hattiesburg with filing forms and return references.
The author praises the Freedom Rides patterning after Gandhi as nonviolent and effective. He notes progress, urges continued action, and argues the rides force desegregation in buses, restaurants, and schools, predicting Dixiecrats will eventually accept desegregation.
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