Letter from Linda Fay Rutherford to Gloria Xifaras Clark
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Marion's first full day in Mississippi, she takes a deposition from Sylvester James, who arrives at the FDP office bleeding from the head. He was been beaten by police when he asked them for help. "What happened to Mr. James is not exceptional, what is exceptional is that he came to us to tell us and give his deposition."
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