1954 Press Photo Citizens in Courtroom at Bay St. Louis for redistricting talk

The Hancock County Board of Supervisors, amid a storm of protest, recessed their hearing on the redistricting petition. Lucien Gex, attorney for the Hancock County, Mississippi, board of supervisors, today attacked as defective a petition filed demanding that the board call an election to redistrict polling division in the county.

Photo is dated 1954.

Photo measures 9.5 x 7.25 inches.