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National Children’s Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman speaks to a young woman outside Madison S. Palmer High School in Marks, Miss., on July 12, 2017. 

Jonestown resident Otibehia Allen speaks to a crowd while crying at Madison S. Palmer High School in Marks, Miss., on July 12, 2017.

Jonestown resident Otibehia Allen speaks to a crowd at Madison S Palmer High School in Marks, Miss., on July 12, 2017.

A stable in Jonestown, Miss., on July 12, 2017.

Sen. Robert L. Jackson, D-Marks, talks into Marian Wright Edelman’s ear in Jonestown, MS on July 12, 2017. 

National Children’s Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman poses for a picture with children outside Madison S. Palmer High School in Marks, Miss., on July 12, 2017.

Marian Wright Edelman listens to retired Rep. Robert Clark, D-Ebenezer, as he talks about the Delta in New Hope Baptist Church in Jonestown on July 12, 2017.

Marian Wright Edelman discusses childhood poverty in New Hope Baptist Church in Jonestown, Miss., on July 12, 2017.

National Children’s Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman glances at the Emmett Till Museum during the Delta Poverty Tour on July 12, 2017, in Glendora, Miss.

Sen. Robert L. Jackson, D-Marks, speaks in New Hope Baptist Church in Jonestown, Miss., during the Delta Poverty Tour on July 12, 2017.

Glendora Mayor Johnny B. Thomas stands on a cement block discussing the town’s role in the Emmett Till trial during the Delta Poverty Tour in July 2017 in Glendora, Miss.