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James Stern

James Stern of Jackson, Miss., shows documents that allege reputed Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen gave him power of attorney while they were cellmates at the Mississippi State Penitentiary and he has taken control of 40 acres of Killen’s land, at a news conference in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, June 14, 2012. Killen’s lawyer says the man has no right to the property. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Ex-inmate sues reputed Klansman in Miss. dispute

Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A black ex-prison inmate has filed a lawsuit against reputed Ku Klux Klansman Edgar Ray Killen and his wife and lawyer over statements related to a land transfer and book and movie rights...
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James Stern of Jackson, Miss., shows documents that allege reputed Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen gave him power of attorney while they were cellmates at the Mississippi State Penitentiary and he has taken control of 40 acres of Killen’s land, at a news conference in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, June 14, 2012. Killen’s lawyer says the man has no right to the property. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Black ex-inmate: Reputed KKK member ceded land rights to me

Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A black man says Edgar Ray Killen, a reputed Ku Klux Klan leader imprisoned for three civil rights workers' deaths in Mississippi, gave him a power of attorney and land rights when they shared a prison cell...
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