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Quiet Courage: Civil Rights in Simpson County

Part 3: Beaten but Unbroken – Legacy Endures By The People’s Paper MS   Picture: Perkins Family A savage beating in Brandon jail in 1970 could have silenced Simpson County’s civil rights flame. Instead, it forged an unbreakable legacy. Rev. John M. Perkins, arrested after defending young protesters, lay battered on the floor, facing a raw…

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