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Naval Vet Fights Miscegenation Conviction in Mississippi
Ellisville Mississippi December 21 A Navy veteran who married a white woman was convicted of miscegenation and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary District Attorney Paul Swartzinger says the case may be the first under Mississippi miscegenation law Knight 23 was married in April 1946 by the town mayor and filed notice of appeal
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