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Civil rights leader remembered
By JOHN MARTIN
Thu,09/11/03-11:00PM , 64 Reads
When in 1964 a call came from a state civil rights leader urging Fannie Lou Hamer to run for Congress, she wasn't afraid to jump at the offer, Charles McLaurin, her former colleague in the movement, recalled Thursday.

"I told Fannie Lou what he said, and all she said was, 'When are we going?'"
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Lining up for gas
By JOHN MARTIN
Thu,09/11/03-11:00PM , 77 Reads
Motorists lined up around Pump and Save on Park Avenue early this morning to take advantage of a rare commodity these days - cheap gas. The discount gas station lowered its price to $1.29 a gallon for today only while prices at most other locations were about $1.56.

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District reacts to MCT ratings
By JOHN MARTIN
Tue,09/09/03-11:00PM , 70 Reads
The Greenwood Public School District, reacting to accountability ratings released last week, will begin offering an extended school program Thursday for students who scored basic or minimal on sections of the Mississippi Curriculum Test.
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Fannie Lou Hamer Conference set at MVSU
By JOHN MARTIN
Tue,09/09/03-11:00PM , 58 Reads
Forty years ago, Fannie Lou Hamer's influence was limited mostly to the Delta, but this week a conference in her name at Mississippi Valley State University is attracting widespread attention.
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