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Mississippi Trial 1955 By Chris Crowe

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Seth Scott
Mrs. Miller
English 9
04 April 2023

Have you ever read Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Chris Crowe? In this essay, it will be about the main person Hiramin Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Chris Crowe, and how he is worried about things, how Hirem thinks about segregation for black people, and lastly about how Hirem never gives up. In the novel, Mississippi trial, 1955, by Chris Crowe Hirem is doing his best until he knows what best and then he does what is right in the end.

Hiram is worried about many things in the world and wants to help. This quote is from Mississippi Trial, 1955 about how Hiram is worried about many things happening around him. Hiram said ¨Thinking about R.C.,Emmett,Dad and grandpa and the trial pretty much ruined me

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