Hollis Watkins, jailed repeatedly fighting segregation in Mississippi, dies at 82

In 1961, Watkins became one of the first Mississippi residents to work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Hollis Watkins, who started challenging segregation and racial oppression in his native Mississippi when he was a teenager and toiled alongside civil rights icons including !

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