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As a young Presbyterian minister serving a church in Davenport, Iowa, Rims Barbour accepted a call to come to Mississippi in 1964 as part of the Civil Rights Movement to help register Black Mississippians to vote.
As part of that effort, he rubbed shoulders with legends of the Civil Rights Movement. Now 89, Barber is something of a legend himself as he and his wife of almost 50 years, Judy, continue to advocate for the needy…