Radical lawyer William Kunstler (Wiki bio) traveled frequently to Jackson during 1961 to represent Freedom Riders in various regards. In June he came to town to talk to Governor Ross Barnett (Wiki bio) on behalf of several Riders who were staging a hunger strike in Parchman, the state prison. After Kunstler returned to New York, […]
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