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footnotes
port
gibson
county
seat
largest
municipality
claiborne
county
affected
businesses
represented
merchants
included
four
grocery
stores
two
hardware
stores
pharmacy
two
general
variety
stores
laundry
liquor
store
two
car
dealers
two
auto
parts
stores
gas
station
many
owners
boycotted
stores
civic
leaders
port
gibson
claiborne
county
respondents
allen
al
batten
aldermen
port
gibson
record
robert
vaughan
part
owner
operator
one
boycotted
stores
represented
claiborne
county
mississippi
house
representatives
respondents
abraham
hay
served
school
board
respondent
hudson
served
claiborne
county
democratic
committee
complaint
also
named
banks
attachment
defendants
banks
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mississippi
result
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