Spies of Mississippi
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No current broadcastsThis book is about the ending of segregation and the start of a new integration era. Spies of Mississippi explains how many people against segregation tried to change society by boycotting, protesting, and by being freedom riders. Although many people were against segregtation there were still those who opposed integration and would do nothing but stop the linking of African Americans and whites. This book also explains the beginning of many pro and con segregation groups, and how spies were hired to get information from con segration groups. At the end, signs and prejudice limited and integration began starting a new era.
Historical Figures
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Samuel BowersSamuel Bowers was born August 25, 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the imperial wizard of the White Knights. ( In other words: He was the leader of ...
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Tom ScarboroughTom Scarborough was a commission agent. ...
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Agent XThis agent worked for the Sovereignty Commission. ...
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Medger EversMeger Evers was born on July 2, 1925, in Jackson, Mississippi. He graduated from Alcron College majoring in buisness administration with a law degree. When ...
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Gerald BlessyGerald Blessy was an Ole Miss student. ...
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W.T. WasonWason was a sheriff. ...
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Erle JohnstonErle Johnston was born on Octobor 10, 1917 in Garyville, Louisiana. He was Ross Barnett's campaign publicist, and the Commission's public relations ...
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Ross Barnett Ross Barnett was born on January 22, 1898 in Standing Pine, Mississippi. He graduated from Mississippi college with an undergraduate degree and also ...
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Dudley W. ConnerDudley W. Conner was the head of the White Citizens' Coucil of Hattieburg. ...
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Clyde KennardClyde Kennard was born on june 12, 1927 in Hattirsburg , Mississippi. He enlisted in the army in 1945 after graduating from Wendell Phillips High School. ...
Historical Timeline
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James Plemon Coleman "I vow to maintain the continued seperation of the white and Negro races, but aware that tensions between whites and blacks were threatening to flare into violence in a number of cities and towns across the state."
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 03:04PM -
William Hodding Carter "When the pot boils, the scum rises to the top."
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 03:05PM -
Roy Wilkins "To the packed crowd of 600 people at the Mount Bethel Baptist Church in Gulfport Greene and Humes were quick to get their hands in the till."
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Aaron Henry "You know that old Mississippi River has never had an ounce of racial prejudice."
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 03:07PM -
Aaron Henry "When it comes to bursting over those levees, it doesn't stop to ask where the colored section is. It just takes all."
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 03:08PM -
Zach Van Landingham "It is believed that if Henry leaves the area the NAACP will die."
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 03:09PM -
Clyde Kennard " I would rather meet my God with his creed than with any other yet devised by human society."
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 03:10PM -
Clyde Kennard "Is it the intregationists or segregationists who are employing secret investigators to search records?"
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 03:11PM -
Dudley W. Conner "Kennard's car could be hit by a train or he could have some accident on the highway and no one would ever know the difference."
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 03:12PM -
Ross Barnett " Your cherised way of life was being threatened by the integrationists, agitators, subversives, and race mixers."
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 03:13PM