One Year - 1986: A Boycott in Mississippi
Slate History
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The Battle for Indianola
A small town in the Mississippi Delta has become the focus of a bitter battle. The old gardeners not want to relinquish any of the power that they've held. A whole lot of people were fed up with how things worked in Indianola. So they took dramatic action using tactics borrowed from the past.
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