Shields, Rudloph A., 1931-

Biography:

Shields, Marian Wright (Edelman), and other Natchez, Mississippi activists initiated a voter registration drive in Claiborne County, Mississippi in November 1965. Shields had previously assisted civil rights efforts in Natchez, Mississippi, Ferriday, Louisiana, and Fayette, Mississippi. (A Little Taste of Freedom: The Black Freedom Struggle in Claiborne County, 2005)

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