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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23HW_wechsler-school_Meridian-MS.html
Built in 1894, Wechsler School was Mississippi's first brick public school building for black children to be constructed with public funds. It was named in honor of Rabbi Judah Weschler, who led the effort to provide public education for black chi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23HS_freedom-school_Meridian-MS.html
In the summer of 1964, dozens of Freedom Schools opened across Mississippi. The largest was located at Meridian Baptist Seminary. It provided additional education opportunities to the African-American community and hosted the statewide Freedom Sch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23HM_newell-chapel-cme_Meridian-MS.html
Newell Chapel CME Church was involved in Civil Rights meetings and voter registration projects. It was one of three original locations of the Head Start program. The church parsonage was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1968.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23HL_st-joseph-catholic-church_Meridian-MS.html
St. Joseph Catholic Church operated a coeducational school that served young black students from 1910 to 1970. The school also offered adult education classes. Former students include James Chaney and Polly Heidelberg.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23HK_st-john-baptist-church_Meridian-MS.html
St. John Baptist Church was one of two locations where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was scheduled to speak in 1964, as well as the site of Polly Heidelberg's memorable confrontation of a former Klan member. "Miss Polly" was a mother figure to loca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23HF_freedom-riders_Meridian-MS.html
Freedom Riders traveled through the Meridian bus station without major incident, thanks to negotiation efforts by local Civil Rights activists and police. Their experience was unlike that in other cities, where they faced mob violence and arrests.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23HE_mclemore-cemetery_Meridian-MS.html
Meridian's oldest cemetery was founded by Richard McLemore, Meridian's first permanent white settler, in 1839. Buried here are many of the approximately 30 victims who died during the Meridian Race Riot of 1871. The riot signaled the end of the Re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23H6_african-american-business-district_Meridian-MS.html
The African-American Business District provided services that Meridian's black community could not otherwise receive due to Jim Crow laws that kept the South segregated. It was the location of a hotel, restaurants, barber and beauty shops, a drugs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23H5_the-movement_Meridian-MS.html
The Civil Rights movement in Meridian has a tumultuous history strongly linked to this area of downtown. From the 1871 Race Riot beginning at Con Sheehan Hall to the Freedom Summer activities of workers at the Council of Federated Organizations bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23H4_sit-ins-pickets-boycotts_Meridian-MS.html
Sit-ins, pickets and boycotts were used to persuade white-owned businesses to hire black employees and integrate lunch counters. The Meridian Action Committee (MAC) was formed in part to carry out these tasks. Kress, Woolworth's and Newberry depar…