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Mississippi former Gov. Winter dies; pushed education reform

by Emily Wagster Pettus
| December 19, 2020 11:12 AM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, a Democrat who pushed to strengthen public education in one of the poorest states in the U.S. and to improve race relations across the nation, has died. He was 97.

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