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  2. List of people from Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Susan Akin (born 1965), Miss Mississippi 1985 and Miss America 1986 ; Asya Branch (born 1998), Miss Mississippi 2018, Miss Mississippi USA 2019, and Miss USA 2020 ; Jenna Edwards (born 1981), former Miss Florida and Miss Florida USA ; Ruth Ford (1911–2009), model

  3. Category:Lists of people from Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Lists of people from Mississippi" ... List of first women lawyers and judges in Mississippi; M. ... Mississippi State Treasurer

  4. African Americans in Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    By 1719, the first African slaves arrived. Most of those early enslaved people in Mississippi were Caribbean Creoles. [6] The movement of importing black slaves to Mississippi peaked in the 1830s, when more than 100,000 black slaves may have entered Mississippi. [7] The largest slave market was located at the Forks of the Road in Natchez. [8]

  5. Category:African-American history of Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Macon, Mississippi, race riot; March Against Fear; Margaret Walker Center; Mary Holmes College; Meridian Baptist Seminary; Meridian race riot of 1871; Mae Louise Miller; Mississippi Cold Case; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Mississippi Plan; Mississippi State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs; Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission ...

  6. List of first African-American U.S. state legislators - Wikipedia

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    Mississippi's 6th District (Created by State Legislature) 1873 1883 Republican Minnie Buckingham Harper: 1 st African-American woman to serve in any state legislature Rep. from Keystone, West Virginia: 1928 1930 Crystal Bird Fauset: 1 st African-American woman elected to any state legislature 18th District of Pennsylvania 1938 1940 Democratic ...

  7. Alyce Clarke - Wikipedia

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    Clarke was first elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives for the 69th district in 1984. She was the first black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature. [1] She worked on bringing the federal Women, Infants and Children food program to the state, setting up drug courts and organizing school breakfasts. [3]

  8. List of historically black colleges and universities - Wikipedia

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    The state of North Carolina purchased the campus for $239,000 and it eventually became the East Campus of North Carolina A&T State University. Jackson Junior College: Marianna: Florida: 1961 1966 Public One of eleven black junior colleges founded in Florida after the Brown v.

  9. Category:People from Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    This category is for people from the United States state of Mississippi Classification : People : By nationality : American : By state : Mississippi Also: Countries : United States : States : Mississippi : People