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Brenda Travis' memoir, "Mississippi's Exiled Daughter: How My Civil Rights Baptism Under Fire Shaped My Life," came out this summer from New South Books.

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'Mississippi's Exiled Daughter' Recalls Civil Rights Push

Brenda Travis was a high school student when she was arrested and expelled for participating in a sit-in in 1961— a punishment that led to the Burglund High School walkout ...

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