Day: October 1, 2025

A Christmas Boycott That Worked
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A Christmas Boycott That Worked

AS 1961 CAME to a close, some white folks in the Mississippi Delta were dreaming of a “white” Christmas when they decided to keep their black customers away from the city of Clarksdale’s annual parade. Their tune changed when Coahoma County’s NAACP chapter led by civil rights activist Aaron Henry sponsored a major boycott over […]

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