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Violence Across the South Sparks Racial Strife Across Towns
Across the South, clashes erupted in Westminster West Virginia and Jackson Georgia as about 200 blacks and whites fought with fists knives and rocks. Police seized four rifles and arrested several. Separate incidents included a fatal shooting of a black youth in Jackson and a fire at an all black Du Bais High in Mount Sterling Kentucky amid school desegregation debates.
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Westminster
D.C
Rae Cain
Jackson
Mount Sterling
Columbia
South Carolina