Defeats In South
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3ACKSON (Mississippi)), August 31.
All 21 Negroes seeking municipal office in Mississippi have been beaten in primary elections and a staunch segregationist has won the Democratic nomination for governor. Mr John Bell Williams, a 48-year-old Congressman, lawyer and foe of the Johnson Administration, now seems assured of election. The poor showing by Negroes on Tuesday was a blow to Negro civil rights leaders. Four were trying to become the first Negro sheriff in 100 years.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31463, 1 September 1967, Page 13
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