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Red Shoes (died 1747), assassinated Choctaw leader; Clarke Reed (born 1928), state Republican chairman ; Jack Reed (1924–2016), Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1987; Bill Renick (born 1954), mayor, governor's chief of staff ; Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827–1901), first African-American U.S. senator (Claiborne County)
African Americans in 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 population which is the highest in the nation.
Pages in category "African-American history of Mississippi" The following 98 pages are in this category, out of 98 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Asante used five factors in establishing the list: "significance in the general progress of African-Americans toward full equality in the American social and political system" "self-sacrifice and a willingness to take great risks for the collective good" "unusual will and determination in the face of great danger and against the most stubborn odds"
McMillen, Neil R. Dark Journey: Black Mississippians in the Age of Jim Crow (1989) Morris, Tiyi M. Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi (University of Georgia Press, 2015), 237 pp. Namorato, Michael V. The Catholic Church in Mississippi, 1911–1984: A History (1998) 313 pp. Nash, Jere, and Andy Taggart.
Clarie Collins Harvey (born Emma Augusta Clarie Collins; November 27, 1916 - May 27, 1995) was an African American businesswoman, religious leader and prominent activist during the civil rights movement in Mississippi.
Herbert Lee (January 1, 1912 – September 25, 1961) was an American civil rights activist in Mississippi remembered as a proponent of voting rights for African Americans in that state, who had been disenfranchised since 1890.
Minnie M. Geddings was born in 1869 to Mary Geddings and William Geddings in Lexington, Mississippi. [2] Though not much is known about her early life, it is possible that her family fared better than many other Black families in the Mississippi Delta as her parents owned a restaurant and she was able to attend Fisk University, a Historically Black University in Nashville, Tennessee. [3]