Mississippi Civil Rights
By : Sonia Cabral
Facts
* Mississippi led the South in an extraordinary battle to maintain racial segregation.
*Mississippi occupies a distinct and dramatic place in the history of Americas civil rights movement.
More Facts
Fact
*In the south was more resistant to the struggle for the black equality. No place was more violent.
Even more facts
As historian David Oshinsly writes: "the codes of honor and vengeance, the effects of poverty, ignorance, and isolation had all left their bloody mark.