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Medgar Evers — Part 4
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FD-302 (Rev. 1-25-6 0)
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ie my am 75 years of age and
:, ' Chenogrive Baptist Church, Highway
/ - Jackson, Miss. I reside at Canton, Miss
Ue. "On Wednesday, March 29, 1961,' t.
‘home with Simon Johnson & we drove to Jackson, .
Miss. to observe proceedings against several: °:
Tougaloo Southern Christian College students who
had "sat-in" at the Jackson Municipal library on
3/27/61, . a wie scene em
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woos as “When I arrived in the area of the Court
“\ 57) house, I observed many police, We walked along °-
“oes side the court house building and were told to ..
cross the street and, join a group of Negroes whi
had congregated on the North side of Pascagoula
' St., across from the court house. There was als
a group of white people qn*the same street, but~
ae . they were located at the east end of the block:
Poe: oo while the Negro group was on the west end of th
re street. re ee oe
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te fe a. Suddenly, before the Students who were
defendants entered the court. building, Bome: of the .
Negroes began to applaud. At that ‘point; police-
men came arecss_ the street to: the area of: the’ ..:
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