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Lillie Ayers, key figure in historic lawsuit, dies at 85

Lillie B. Ayers, who became the lead plaintiff in Mississippi’s college desegregation lawsuit after the death of her husband, Jake Ayers, died Sunday at her home in Glen Allan in Washington County. She was 85.

Henry Ayers, Lillie Ayers’ son, said his mother died of complications from bone cancer.

Funeral services are pending. […]

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Alcorn's Hopson SWAC's first white football coach

LORMAN (AP) Coach Jay Hopson is completely aware that his hiring at Alcorn State is historic. He's just too busy to worry about it. The first white football coach in the historically black Southwestern Athletic […]