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Ruby Bridges (born 1954), first African-American child to attend an all-white school in the South [1] Will D. Campbell (1924–2013), Baptist minister and activist (Amite County) [2] James Chaney (1943–1964), civil rights activist [3] Vernon Dahmer (1908–1966), civil rights activist (Hattiesburg) [4]
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 .
Assassinated in Columbus, Georgia for his pro-African-American actions. First murder victim of the Klan in state. 22 October 1868: James M. Hinds, U.S. Representative from Arkansas: George Clark Killed by a Ku Klux Klan member as part of intimidation of Republicans. 2 July 1881: James A. Garfield, President of the United States Charles J. Guiteau
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Mississippi since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since 1976, 23 people convicted of capital murder have been executed by the state of Mississippi. Of the 23 people executed, 4 were executed via gas chamber and 19 via lethal injection. [1]
George Washington Lee (December 25, 1903 – May 7, 1955) was an African-American civil rights leader, minister, and entrepreneur. He was a vice president of the Regional Council of Negro Leadership and head of the Belzoni, Mississippi, branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He was assassinated in 1955 in ...
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.
Mississippi Cold Case is a 2007 feature documentary produced by David Ridgen of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation about the Ku Klux Klan murders of two 19-year-old black men, Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, in Southwest Mississippi in May 1964 during the Civil Rights Movement and Freedom Summer. It also explores the 21st-century ...