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In response to the arrest of Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizer Willie Bolden, students and teachers marched to the Quitman County Courthouse, where state troopers wearing riot gear met the protest with violence. Several protesters, including teacher Lydia McKinnon and student Helen Carthan, were injured in the confrontation on the courthouse lawn.
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Marks, Mississippi · United States
