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The First Black Legislators in Mississippi

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William R. Landers

William R. Landers (Jefferson County)

State House: 1872-1876

Appointed major in the Jefferson County militia in 1873.

Clarion-Ledger, October 2, 1873

Clarion-Ledger, February 25, 1875

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