Muna 1952, Regional Council of Negro Leadership (RCNL), inotungamirwa naT. R. M. Howard, chiremba wevatema, muzvinabhizimusi, uye murimi, akaronga kubudirira kwekurambidza zviteshi zvegasi muMississippi izvo zvakaramba kupa zvimbuzi zvevatema. Kuburikidza neRCNL, Howard akatungamira mishandirapamwe yekufumura hutsinye hweMississippi state highway patrol uye kukurudzira vatema kuti vaise mari muBlack-owned Tri-State Bank yeNashville iyo, zvakare, yakapa zvikwereti kune vanorwira kodzero dzevanhu avo vakawirwa ne "credit squeeze" neWhite Citizens 'Councils. Mushure mekunge Claudette Colvin asungwa nekuda kwekusasiya chigaro chake pabhazi reMontgomery, Alabama munaKurume 1955, bhazi rakarambwa uye Rev. Rosa Parks akarambwa apo akabatwa muna Zvita 1957, akafonera Joele Gibson, mukuru webasa rebhazi revatema reMississippi.
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