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Henry Cooper

Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Mississippi
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Henry Cooper was a Canton, Mississippi, cafe proprietor named in a contemporary SNCC account of arrests during civil rights organizing.

SNCC’s February 4, 1964 chronology identifies Henry Cooper, proprietor of Tolliver’s Cafe in Canton, as arrested on January 30. The account supplies no verified individual charge, discharge date or custody total. SNCC chronology, page 2.

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