Former legal associate of Hardy Lott. Gwin discussed: the role of the Greenwood Citizens Council in civic affairs; the black community's boycott of Greenwood's white merchants, 1967-1968; Hardy Lott's relationship to U.S. senators Eastland and Stennis; the leadership of the Greenwood Citizens Council; Lott's relationship with U.S. Federal District Judge Clayton; relationship between Judge Clayton and U.S. Justice Dept. representative John Doar; Lott's role as city attorney; Greenwood's white community support of Beckwith after Evers' murder; members of the White Legal Defense Fund set up to support Beckwith.
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