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Whether it was his work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, his work with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Watkins never lost sight of how to use power in the cause of justice.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Hollis Watkins, who started challenging segregation and racial oppression in his native Mississippi when he was a teenager and toiled alongside civil rights icons including Medgar

Hollis Watkins, who challenged segregation in Mississippi and toiled alongside civil icons Medgar Evers and Bob Moses, has died. He was 82.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A veteran of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement has died. He was 82. Hollis Watkins, who was born in 1941, grew up on a small farm in Chisholm Mission and became one of the first young Mississippians to commit to full-time work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Watkins also […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

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Longtime Mississippi civil rights activist Hollis Watkins has died. He was 82. Watkins started challenging segregation and racial oppression in his home state when he was a teenager, and he

Longtime Mississippi civil rights activist Hollis Watkins has died

Longtime Mississippi civil rights activist Hollis Watkins has died.

Hollis Watkins, who started challenging segregation and racial oppression in his native Mississippi when he was a teenager and toiled alongside civil rights icons including Medgar Evers and Bob Moses, has died. Watkins — who also sometimes went by Hollis Watkins Muhammad — died Wednesday at his home in the Jackson suburb of Clinton, Mississippi, according to the Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, a group for which he was chairman. Michael Morris, director of the M...

Longtime Mississippi civil rights activist Hollis Watkins has died.