Word: byhalia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hubert Mills did not care who set the fire; to him it was an almost crushing tragedy. A placid and grandfatherly 80-year-old man, Mills had owned and operated the small general goods store in Byhalia for more than 50 years. He held no animosity for any person or any group in town. He said he could understand and even sympathize with the demands of the blacks, as well as the position of the whites. His reason for not signing the petition was that it would do no good, solve no problems. "You can force them off the street...
...Byhalia blacks halted their picketing that day as the injunction went into effect. Milling, but not marching, on the town square, they vowed to continue the boycott and take legal action to overturn the injunction...
...rights of free speech and assembly. The blacks, who were not notified of the county court hearing and had not been given the opportunity to present their case, told the court that the boycott was "designed to publicize" the black community's grievances against the merchants and administration of Byhalia...
...certain amount of mystery surrounds the grand jury proccedings. Despite the initial report by the Byhalia police that Young died of a broken neck, the grand jury said there was no evidence of a police cover-up in the shooting. And, although grand jury proceedings are secret, the district attorney leaked selective evidence to the press to indicate that the killing was an accicent...
...Mayor Dudley Moore and his city hall have proposed no solutions to the problem. In his statements throughout the summer, the mayor professed a lack of understanding of what the blacks want, or why. No white political leader in Byhalia or Marshall County has stepped forward to provide any direction or creative ideas as to how the impasse may be broken...