By DON SCHANCHE Jr., The Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — In a 1962 article, New York Times reporter Claude Sitton described a voting rights meeting at a south Georgia church that was interrupted when the sheriff and his deputies entered, demanding information. One smacked his heavy flashlight into his palm while another ran his hand over his cartridge belt and revolver.
Sitton opened his account with a direct quote from the sheriff: "We want our colored people to go on...
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