Mississippi civil rights leader Hollis Watkins dies

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A veteran of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement has died. He was 82. Hollis Watkins, who was born in 1941, grew up on a small farm in Chisholm Mission and became one of the first young Mississippians to commit to full-time work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Watkins also […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

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