Mississippi Freedom Trail
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Side AForrest County native Clyde Kennard was a pioneer in
hequest to desegregate higher education in Mississippi.
His efforts to enroll at Mississippi Southern College
(now USM) in 1955-1959 were obstructed by college
resident William D. McCain and sta…
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On April 24, 1960, Gilbert R. Mason, Sr., M.D., led about 125 volunteers in a peaceful wade-in on segregated Biloxi Beach. Trained in non-violent passive resistance, they expected to be arrested. Instead they were attacked by a white mob armed with…
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Bombings in Jewish Community. —. . Front . Rabbi Perry Nussbaum came to Beth Israel in 1954 and was an important voice for racial justice. Working with diverse ministers, he helped found the Committee of Concern, raising money for black churches bur…
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March Against Fear. . . Front James Meredith began his Memphis-to-Jackson "March Against Fear" on June 4, 1966, challenging a'the all-pervasive and overriding fear" that kept black Mississippians from registering to vote. On the second day, south of Hernan…