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  2. Category:Deaths by person in Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Deaths by person in Mississippi" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  3. Maurice Black (Mississippi politician) - Wikipedia

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    Black was born on October 18, 1915, in Madison County, Mississippi. He graduated from Hinds Junior College in 1935, then attended Millsaps College. He earned a law degree from Jackson School of Law in 1938. [2] He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1947 and took office in 1948. He served in that role through 1964. [1]

  4. Lynching of African-American veterans after World War I

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    On August 16, 1917, Senator James K. Vardaman of Mississippi spoke of his fear of black veterans returning to the South, as he viewed that it would "inevitably lead to disaster." [6] To the American South, the use of black soldiers in the military was a threat, not a virtue. "Impress the negro with the fact that he is defending the flag ...

  5. Category:Deaths in Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Drug-related deaths in Mississippi (1 C) E. People executed by Mississippi (6 C, 1 P) F. Deaths by firearm in Mississippi (2 C, 37 P) L. Lynching deaths in ...

  6. Social history of soldiers and veterans in the United States

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    Resch, John, and Walter Sargent, eds. War and Society in the American Revolution: Mobilization and Home Fronts (Northern Illinois UP, 2007), scholarly articles from social history perspective. Rickey, Don. Forty miles a day on beans and hay; the enlisted soldier fighting the Indian wars (1963) online; Royster, Charles.

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

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    Anti-black racism in Mississippi (1 C, ... Lynching deaths in Mississippi (2 C, ... Pages in category "African-American history of Mississippi"

  8. Category:Military personnel from Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Military personnel from Mississippi" The following 131 pages are in this category, out of 131 total. ... This page was last edited on 5 June 2024 ...

  9. Lamar Smith (activist) - Wikipedia

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    Smith's murder was one of several racially motivated attacks in Mississippi in 1955. The other incidents included the murder of George W. Lee, a civil rights leader in Belzoni (May), the killing of Emmett Till, a black teenager visiting from Chicago (August), and the shooting of Gus Courts (December), a civil rights associate of Lee in Belzoni.