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Hands that picked cotton can now pick the mayor.

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Charles Evers
Age: 97 †
Born: 1922
Born: September 11
Died: 2020
Died: July 22
Human Rights Activist
Politician
James Charles Evers
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Mayor
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Cotton
Picked
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