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ATLANTA, ~EORniA 30314

MISS SSIPPI l 0 L 'S H 1 IRED ON

GPE N rooD, TISSISSIPPI - The hom o a d ~ o:ro family Activ in civ"l

righ s 1~ ·r d "nto Nov m er 2 r th s cond tim ·n 1 thnn

months.

~1rs. La ra HcGh 's house uts ·de C,reenl·Jood ~ras shot into, h r

dog killed nd rant f nee nd mail-box torn do~n, th

v·o en C ord"natin~ C nm"tt e (SNCC) said.

tudent on-

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Th Gr nwo d .NCC o f"c sa cnl ol"c men r t refus d to

·nvestipnt the shooting bee usc CC work rs, and not ~r • cGh e, ha

re orte it. SNCC 2nd C n~re sion 1 D"strict Proj ct Director. tok ley

Carmich el sai a FB ar,ent from th ~reen~ood BI offic s i the bul

1 t w 1 i c h n a s s d o v r f.1 r s • ~ 1 c G h ' s o y a s she 1 a y s 1 e n in g was "a

pretty nnocuous shot."

The ent · re ~.fc 1he family has n a tar~et o e rer tionists

ecause o th ir c"vil r· ,h s ct·v·ty. 1rs. ~fcGhee i a sist r o

Gus Courts , NJ\ C P 1 e an r run o u of ~ .. s s · s s i pp i in 19 S 6 after he tv s

sh tgunn D lzo i. Thr Gr em~oo w it men wer arres ed this

summer on ch~rgcs th y t ~ r s • ~ .. t G he e.~• s 2 1 - y e r - o 1 d son S · s , a S J C

r·el S cr tary, n Ju y "las nd h"s hro h rj Jake, h int , r -

t d th 1 - ~ 1 c L lor T at r anr ere t n ly wh"t s t r .July

5. Lat r, on July 16, Silas was ic etin~ the Leflore County Court-

house wh n h recognize one t aten h"m arlier. He

left the p"ck t line, re orted th m n's nresence to FBI ar. nts here,

and wa ·ore i into car at .un-no"nt an heaten nain a r h le t

the r nwood ·B I o ce.

s· as was hot ·n th h a by woul - ass sin while he was

"tt·n~ ·n a p rked c on a Gre n~rood street on .upust 15. Jake ~1c-

Gh e ras nrrest d Au~usi f8 while h w s w lkin, down a Gre nwood street

on char~cs of '' ·mn rsonatinc anoth r" nd not havin .

"1rs. TcGh was jail rse Au .ust 20 on char~ s she struck

pol·ceman h re. lloth Silas and Ja e have oth r civil rights conn ct

arre ts. The .1cGhe home was ired upon in early June y ni~ht riders.

1r • H · , a smal property owner outs"de Gr nwoo , h s long

b n a sp cia tar~et cause of the r1ch land she owns. Local wh"tes

have tri d s ver 1 t.M s to remove t e ami y from t e area.

The tudent Nonviolent Coor inatine Committee has been conduct-

ng a vot r rcpistration drive in Gre n~ood and Leflore C unty since 962.

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