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![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Elijah Muhammad Poole [sic] standing in the doorway of an airplane as others disembark plane, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960 September 21](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_13-0-3-23-1-1-1.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Elijah Muhammad Poole [sic] walking alongside a woman and others after disembarking from an airplane in Atlanta, Georgia, 1960 September 21](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_13-0-3-24-1-1-1.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of John Maguire, Charles Jones, Dave [sic] Smith, William Coffin and Gaylord Noyce (left to right) sitting around a table during a meeting at an unknown location, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_13-0-3-26-1-1-1.jpg)
![Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of John Maguire, Charles Jones, Dave [sic] Smith, William Coffin and Gaylord Noyce sitting at a table during a meeting at an unknown location, 1960s](https://crdl.usg.edu/thumbnails/mus/sovcom/mus_sovcom_13-0-3-25-1-1-1.jpg)
