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A grounds crew use compact tractors to remove the ice and snow that covered parking spaces, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson, Miss., as light snow mixed with sleet, and rain continue to cover much of the state. In spite of the inclement weather, Wednesday's performance of the Dixie National Rodeo is taking place as scheduled. The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a winter storm warning for parts of Mississippi ahead of another storm system set to impact the region. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Lineman braved icy roads, long hours during winter storm

By ZACK PLAIR and The Commercial Dispatch - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 15, 1967 file photo a National Guard officer passes the smashed window of a black-owned flower shop in riot-torn Newark, N.J. The last surviving member of the Kerner Commission says he remains haunted that the panel's recommendations on US race relation and poverty were never adopted, but he is hopeful they will be one day. Former U.S. Sen. Fred Harris says 50 years after working on a report to examine the causes of the late 1960s race riots he strongly feels that poverty and structural racism still enflames racial tensions even as the United States becomes more diverse. (AP Photo,File)

Last Kerner Commission member haunted, hopeful on race in US

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press