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John R. Lynch (1847–1939), first African-American speaker of the Mississippi House, U.S. representative ; Ray Mabus (born 1948), governor and Secretary of the Navy ; Lewis McAllister (born 1932), state representative ; Glenn McCullough (born 1954), mayor of Tupelo ; Chris McDaniel (born 1971), state senator
African Americans in Mississippi African-American Monument at Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi. African Americans in Mississippi or Black Mississippians are residents of the state of Mississippi who are of African American ancestry. As of the 2019 U.S. Census estimates, African Americans were 37.8% of the state's ...
M. Macon, Mississippi, race riot; March Against Fear; Margaret Walker Center; Mary Holmes College; Meridian Baptist Seminary; Meridian race riot of 1871; Mae Louise Miller
In 1961, Watkins became one of the first Mississippi residents to work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. JACKSON, Miss. […] The post Hollis Watkins, jailed repeatedly fighting ...
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous Black historical figures out there. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 19th century. She was born into slavery in Maryland in the early ...
VICKSBURG, Miss. — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through ...
Slavery and military history during the Civil War; Reconstruction era. Politicians; Juneteenth; Civil rights movement (1865–1896) Jim Crow era (1896–1954) Civil rights movement (1954–1968) Black power movement; Post–civil rights era; Aspects; Agriculture history; Black Belt in the American South; Business history; Military history ...
Michael Morris, director of the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, said Watkins “dedicated his entire life to improving the lives of Black Mississippians.”