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FDP hosts Black Lives Matter march in Tchula on Independence Day - The Mississippi Link

By Edelia Dr. Jay Carthan, Contributing Writer, The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (FDP) in Holmes County hosted its second Black Lives Matter March, July 4, on Independence Day in Tchula, MS. About eighty people attended and participated in the march in downtown Tchula and mostly everyone was wearing masks during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “In []

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