On the steps of the Sunflower County Courthouse, Fannie Lou Hamer, a former cotton picker, sharecropper, and voting and civil rights activist stood in protest of voter suppression in the state of Mississippi throughout the United States.
On . . . — — Map (db m157674) HM
Mississippi blues master Charley Patton was born on this property when it was known as Herring's Place, according to Bolton bluesman Sam Chatmon. Patton's birthdate has often been reported as April 1891, but other sources cite earlier dates, . . . — — Map (db m80015) HM
The historic William Chapel Missionary Baptist
Church, established in 1922, was a longtime
meeting place for civil rights activists before
the organization of the modern civil rights
movement. In 1962 the Reverend J. D. Story was
the pastor . . . — — Map (db m174174) HM
1962 Joined the Student Non-Violent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC). And became a field secretary.
1963 Severely beaten while in Winona, Mississippi
when she and other civil rights workers were
returning from a SCLC citizenship . . . — — Map (db m174449) HM
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Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till came to this site to buy candy in August 1955. White shopkeeper Carolyn Bryant accused the black youth of flirting with her, and shortly thereafter, Till was abducted by Bryant's husband and his half . . . — — Map (db m77418) HM
John Bright “Johnny” Russell (1940-2001) was born and raised in Moorhead and went on to become a star of the Grand Ole Opry and a popular country recording artist, with such hits as “Catfish John” and “Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer.” . . . — — Map (db m77168) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
