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People were threatened, folks was put in jail just because we wanted people to try to register to vote.

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Unita Blackwell
Age: 86 †
Born: 1933
Born: March 18
Died: 2019
Died: May 13
Activist
Political Activist
Politician
Lula
Mississippi
Unita Zelma Blackwell
Threatened
Jail
Folks
Vote
Wanted
Trying
People
Register

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