Shirlene Mercer dies, last of Lane's 'Freshman Four'

Julia Ewoldt
Posted 8/2/23

Life-long Jacksonian and activist Shirlene Mercer has died, according to the City of Jackson. Mercer was the last surviving of Lane College's "Freshman Four," who led sit-in protests at "white's …

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