One Year - 1986: A Boycott in Mississippi
Slate History
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Civil Rights Action in the 1960s
Dr. Merritt's former student, Otha Campbell, was working as a substitute teacher at the time. If we could just get about 50 or 60 percent of the Negroes of Montgomery not to ride buses, this would be an effective boycott," he says. "Very quickly, the conversation shifted from outrage to action"
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