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...Jacks and Mr. Gamble says they opted for a small and simple ceremony. Family members and a few close friends will be present, but no bridesmaids or groomsmen. The couple will throw a larger celebration on June 25 in Memphis, Tenn., near Ms. Jacks’ family home in Byhalia, Miss...
...Lauren A. Jacks ’05, the occupant of 212 and a true Southerner who hails from Byhalia, Miss., the room is nothing special. “It’s just a room to me. Back home everyone has their rooms like this. I’m really kinda boring.” Evidently, her suitemates feel otherwise. “Everyone likes to come in here and sit when they’re stressed,” says Jacks. A confessed purple and pink lover who has practiced crafting since she was a kid, Jacks?...
...Justice Department did send representatives, not of its Civil Rights Division, but of its less effective Community Relations Service, to Byhalia last August. Boycott leaders claim that CRS agents harassed participants in the boycott, tried to discredit black leaders and even urged blacks to resume shopping in white-owned Byhalia stores. The leaders also charge that CRS men frequently slipped money to black winos and steered them in the direction of white-owned package stores. CRS agents deny that they harassed anyone or bribed, winos. In any case, the boycott shows no signs of losing steam. The FBI has found...
Though 250 black and white Byhalia residents met amicably last week and drew up a list of priorities for improving the town, none of their resolutions directly addressed the boycott-or the death of Young. "I think we're on the way to settling the problem," said Dudley Moore, Byhalia's white mayor. But many of Byhalia's blacks would hardly agree...
...failure of the biracial meeting to face up to the issue of Butler Young's death has made the boycott's organizers even more determined. That determination is perfectly evident at Carrington's Market in Byhalia. Before the boycott, sales ran $30,000 a month. Today they are less than $6,000 a month...