The Role of Lawyers in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi

In the early twentieth century, Black people in Mississippi who aimed to exercise their rights as citizens of the United States had few allies. Bringing civil rights cases required at a minimum two willing parties: a person, or people, denied constitutional rights and a lawyer. 

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https://mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/role-lawyers-civil-rights-movement-mississippi
Author
Sarah C. Campbell
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