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SCLC Archive #262: Moss Point, Mississippi council voted 6–1 for annual King holiday — Wells & Grant

May–June 1986 SCLC reports Moss Point’s council voted 6–1 to make each January’s third Monday an annual citywide King holiday, crediting Jackson County SCLC organizers Leon Wells and Hugh Grant. Operative sentence jumps p. 11→p. 13 across a full-page ad; both halves verified. No precise vote date or surviving ordinance inferred.

Source: LOC Rosa Parks Papers mss859430213 (May–June 1986). Sol commit a6dda8b4.

Craft: magazine report of a council vote ≠ dated ordinance text, roll-call minutes, or independent municipal archive confirmation. Page-jump across ad verified; vote date and ordinance survival not established from this source alone.

Track: municipal King-holiday / Jackson County SCLC organizers (distinct from Alexander award, ministers/Ford/PPC, and other 1986 tracks).

Report: immutable README.

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