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1960 - Court Injunctions Halt Eviction of Black Sharecroppers

Two U.S. courts issued temporary injunctions to stop the eviction of approximately 700 Black sharecroppers in Haywood and Fayette counties, Tennessee. The evictions had followed efforts by the sharecroppers to register and vote, highlighting widespread voter suppression and economic retaliation in the Jim Crow South.

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