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In the 19th century, many Italians entered the United States in New Orleans and traveled onwards to Mississippi. [1] Over 100 immigrants lived in Mississippi as the American Civil War started. In the late 19th century, Italian immigration increased in the United States, which made a tremendous impact on the area. [2] [3]
A History of Mississippi 2 vols. (1973), thorough coverage by scholars; Mitchell, Dennis J., A New History of Mississippi (2014) Ownby, Ted et al. eds. The Mississippi Encyclopedia (2017) Sansing, David G. Making Haste Slowly: The Troubled History of Higher Education in Mississippi (University Press of Mississippi, 2004) Skates, John Ray.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 December 2024. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For the river, see Mississippi River. For other uses, see Mississippi (disambiguation). State in the United States Mississippi State Flag Seal Nickname(s): "The Magnolia State" and "The Hospitality State" Motto(s): Virtute et armis (Latin ...
In 2007, all 50 states proposed legislation dealing with illegal immigration. The number of bills focusing on illegal immigration went from 570 in 2006 to 1,562 in 2007. 240 of these bills were enacted. As of December 31, 2010, six states had proposed illegal immigration bills similar to those of Arizona, including Mississippi. [5] [6]
Robert Parris Moses (January 23, 1935 – July 25, 2021) was an American educator and civil rights activist known for his work as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on voter education and registration in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement, and his co-founding of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Rory Doyle's ongoing personal project shares the story of African-American cowboy culture in the rural Mississippi Delta, challenging the Hollywood portrayal of the American cowboy. An exhibition ...
The population of the Mississippi Delta Chinese exploded after war. Many young Chinese men from the Mississippi Delta served as soldiers during the Second World War, and many women from China married these soldiers and settled in the Delta as war brides after the war. By the 1970s there were as many as 3,000 Americans of Chinese descent living ...
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