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Governor William Winter with civil rights icon Myrlie Evers at the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in downtown Jackson.

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William Winter, Mississippi's 'Education Governor' Has Died at 97

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, a Democrat who pushed to strengthen public education and improve race relations, has died. He was 97.

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