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Pig Foot Mary (1870–1929), culinary entrepreneur ( Mississippi Delta) Robert Pittman (born 1953), founder of MTV, executive at AOL ( Jackson) J. H. Rush (1868–1931), founder of Rush's Infirmary ( De Kalb) Fred Smith (born 1944), founder of FedEx ( Marks) James Breckenridge Speed (1844–1912), industrial pioneer.
Mississippian culture. The Mississippian culture was a Native American civilization that flourished in what is now the Midwestern, Eastern, and Southeastern United States from approximately 800 to 1600, varying regionally. It was known for building large, earthen platform mounds, and often other shaped mounds as well.
Medgar Wiley Evers ( / ˈmɛdɡər /; July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist and soldier who was the NAACP 's first field secretary in Mississippi. Evers, a United States Army veteran who had served in World War II, was engaged in efforts to overturn racial segregation at the University of Mississippi, end the ...
Mississippian culture pottery. Mississippian culture pottery is the ceramic tradition of the Mississippian culture (800 to 1600 CE) found as artifacts in archaeological sites in the American Midwest and Southeast. It is often characterized by the adoption and use of riverine (or more rarely marine) shell- tempering agents in the clay paste. [1]
Great Temple on Mound C and the Sun Chiefs cabin, drawn by Alexandre de Batz in the 1730s. According to archaeological excavations, the area has been continuously inhabited by various cultures of indigenous peoples since the 8th century A.D. The original site of Natchez was developed as a major village with ceremonial platform mounds, built by people of the prehistoric Plaquemine culture, part ...
The Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, headquartered in Clinton, Mississippi, honors Mississippi's famous musicians. It is a "Who's Who" of the blues, rock and roll, and jazz from their beginnings to present day. The organization's museum is located in the Jackson–Evers International Airport in Jackson, Mississippi. [1]
The eagle was a symbol of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, which the people shared with other Mississippian cultures. Ocmulgee National Monument, Funeral mound, c. 1876 Lamar Period. As the Mississippian culture declined at the ceremonial center, ca. 1350 a new culture coalesced among people who lived in the swamps downstream.
Chucalissa is a Walls phase mound and plaza complex that was occupied, abandoned and reoccupied several times throughout its history, spanning from 1000 to 1550 CE. It is located on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. Other contemporaneous groups in the area include the Parkin phase, Menard phase, and the Nodena phase.