Dr. John M. Perkins is a civil rights leader noted for his outspoken nature and leadership demonstrations. Perkins was born in 1930 in New Hebron, Mississippi. His mother died of pellagra when he was just seven months old. He was abandoned by his father and left to be raised by his grandmother and extended family […]
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