City of Greenwood v. Peacock

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1966-06-20

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Mr. Justice Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court. These consolidated cases, sequels to Georgia v. Rachel, ante, p. 780, involve prosecutions on various state criminal charges against 29 people who were allegedly engaged in the spring and summer of 1964 in civil rights activity in Leflore County, Mississippi. In the first case, 14 individuals were charged with obstructing the public stre…

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