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State of Siege: Mississippi Whites and the Civil Rights Movement

Published: Jan. 8, 2011, 6 a.m.

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Mississippi led the South in an extraordinary battle to maintain racial segregation. Whites set up powerful citizens groups and state agencies to fight the civil rights movement. Their tactics were fierce and, for a time, very effective.

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