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Willie Edwards Jr. was a nice and charming guy. He was married and had children whom he loved very deeply. He took care of his wife, children and his sisters who lived in the house with him. He lived a good life for a Black man during the fifties. He drove trucks that transported goods for Winn-Dixie. In 1957 he was mistaken for a Black guy who dated a white woman. This mistake led to the …

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