Former city attorney for Greenwood, MS; leader of white opposition to the civil rights movement in Mississippi; defense counsel for Bryan de la Beckwith during his first trial for the murder of Medgar Evers. Lott discussed; the role of Mayor Sampson and Police Commissioner Buff Hammond in city politics; the role of Police Chief Curtis Lary in responding to civil rights demonstrations; how white leaders in the Delta responded to various economic boycott efforts; the role of the Mississippi Power and Light Company in recruiting industry to the Delta; negotiations with John Doar at the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Dept.
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