Eight women flew from Chicago to Jackson, Mississippi that Tuesday, August 11 1964. Two were black; six were white. In some ways, Dr. Height later explained, it was harder for the white women: “The black women had a whole community to greet them; the white women met with a lot of white community hostility, so we made sure there were enough of them to reinforce their courage and commitment.”
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The WIMS staff had worked hard all summer to convince women in the white community in Jackson to host white women from the north. It took them weeks to produce any result at all, but on this trip Miriam Ezelle and Mrs. Power Hearn agreed to take on the task.
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