Tag: Mississippi

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28th August 1955: The murder of black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi

28th August 2021
Tagged as: Civil Rights, Emmett Till, Mississippi, Murder, Race, Racism, United States, USA

Black teenager Emmett Till was murdered for allegedly flirting with and offending a white woman in Mississippi.

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25th February 1870: Hiram Rhodes Revels becomes the first African-American U.S. Senator

25th February 2021
Tagged as: African-American, Civil Rights, Mississippi, Politics, Racism, Senate, Washington DC

After intense debate Senators voted 48 to 8 to seat Revels as the first African-American in the United States Senate.