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The Greenwood Commonwealth is a daily newspaper published in Greenwood, Mississippi. It has been in operation since 1896. It has been in operation since 1896. [ 1 ]
William Green Poindexter was born on January 10, 1944, in Greenwood, Mississippi. [1] He graduated from Greenwood High School, and graduated from Mississippi State University in 1967 with a bachelor's degree, double majoring in history and government. [1]
Born to immigrant parents in Sidon, Mississippi on February 21, 1918, Frank Ellis Smith grew up in Greenwood, Mississippi. His father, a deputy sheriff, was killed by a prisoner when Frank was eight. [1] Smith attended public schools before enrolling at Sunflower Junior College in Moorhead, Mississippi. There, he was a student editor of the ...
In June 1963, Watkins was attending a mass meeting in Greenwood, Mississippi, when news came that Evers had been assassinated in Jackson. “We turned that mass meeting into a prayer service, and ...
Lucy Curtis Turnbull (May 26, 1931 – April 21, 2019) was an American classics scholar, and director of the University of Mississippi Museums from 1983 to 1990. Early life [ edit ]
Dickins, born Ruth Idella Thompson on June 9, 1906, was raised in Leland, Mississippi.Her father, Joseph Wood Thompson, was a pioneer planter and cotton merchant in Washington County who operated the Lewis, Archer, and Perrin Plantations and the Leland Mercantile Company, served as the treasurer of the Leland Business League and the Leland Law and Order League, served as president of the Board ...
[51] –– The Greenwood Commonwealth, April 26, 1937. Governor Hugh L. White initially issued an order to send the Mississippi National Guard from Grenada to the scene but rescinded the order once he deemed the lynching was already over. [1]
Watch firsthand, in 360 video, as Susan Sarandon listens and learns about refugees' hopes, dreams and journeys