"Mississippi–1955" or "Mississippi" is a poem written by Langston Hughes in response to the 1955 murder of Emmett Till. Hughes was the first major African...
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The 1955 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1955, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Democrat Hugh L....
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Mississippi Trial, 1955 is a historical fiction young adult novel by American author Chris Crowe, published in 2002. Set in Mississippi in 1955, the novel...
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Emmett Till (category African-American history of Mississippi)
Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was an African American teenager who was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending...
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County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,927 at the 2010 census. Drew is in the vicinity of several plantations and the Mississippi State...
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Mississippi Delta. The community has ZIP code 38945 in the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area. Money is the site of events leading to the 1955 lynching...
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The 1955 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State College during the 1955 college football season. The team was led by second-year...
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1955 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1955. 1955 (MCMLV) was...
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Duel on the Mississippi is a 1955 American Western film directed by William Castle and starring Lex Barker and Patricia Medina. Andre Tulane, descendant...
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Lamar Smith (activist) (category Activists from Mississippi)
In 1955, he was shot dead in broad daylight around 10 a.m. at close range on the lawn of the Lincoln County courthouse in Brookhaven, Mississippi. Lamar...
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