I thought with real sadness of the gospel I believed in with all my heart. The gospel that says in Christ there is no black or white. I believed that gospel was powerful enough to shatter even the hatred of Mendenhall. But I had not seen it. Especially in the churches. On April 3, 1970—a month after my trial in Mendenhall—the state legislature repealed both statutory prohibitions against racial integration and the criminal laws providing for racially segregated public facilities. Restaurants, schools, offices—even in Mississippi, these places were starting to integrate. But where was there an
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