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Black War Vet to be Buried in All-White Cemetary

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Miami, Fla--Mrs. Mary Campbell leaves Federal Court with NAACP attorney James Matthews after a judge ruled that her son Pondexter Eugene Williams should be buried at a cemetary in Ft. Pierce, Fla., which was reserved for whites only. The funeral of the Viet Nam war victim will take place 8/29.
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Keywords

  1. African American Studies
  2. African Americans
  3. Black Panthers
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Civil Rights Movement
  6. Desegregation
  7. History
  8. Prejudice
  9. United States
  10. United States History

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