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Mississippi Freedom delegate remembers turbulent 1964 in Atlantic City

Emma Sanders was late to the Mississippi delegation's breakfast Tuesday, almost skipped it altogether, the exhausting first night of the Democratic National Convention having taken its toll on the great-grandmother.

Emma Sanders, one of only two surviving Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegates, officially cast her 2016 delegate vote Tuesday — for Bernie Sanders.
Emma Sanders, one of only two surviving Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegates, officially cast her 2016 delegate vote Tuesday — for Bernie Sanders.Read moreDAVID SWANSON / Staff Photographer