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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.
New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Education. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Known for. Painting. Walter Inglis Anderson (September 29, 1903 – November 30, 1965) was an American painter and writer. Anderson died from cancer November 30, 1965, at the age of 62. [1]
Unita Zelma Blackwell (March 18, 1933 – May 13, 2019) was an American civil rights activist who was the first African-American woman to be elected mayor in the U.S. state of Mississippi. [1] Blackwell was a project director for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and helped organize voter drives for African Americans across ...
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with 2 bronze service stars) World War II Victory Medal. Howard Gerald "Jerry" Clower (September 28, 1926 – August 24, 1998) was an American stand-up comedian. Born and raised in the state of Mississippi, Clower was best known for his stories of the rural South and was given the nickname "The Mouth of Mississippi".
Charles Evers. James Charles Evers (September 11, 1922 – July 22, 2020) was an American civil rights activist, businessman, radio personality, and politician. Evers was known for his role in the civil rights movement along with his younger brother Medgar Evers. [1] After serving in World War II, Evers began his career as a disc jockey at WHOC ...
The murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, also known as the Freedom Summer murders, the Mississippi civil rights workers' murders, or the Mississippi Burning murders, were the abduction and murder of three activists in Philadelphia, Mississippi, in June 1964, during the Civil Rights Movement. The victims were James Chaney from Meridian ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Mississippi since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since 1976, 23 people convicted of capital murder have been executed by the state of Mississippi. Of the 23 people executed, 4 were executed via gas chamber and 19 via lethal injection.
Kelly Mitchell, Queen of the Gypsy Nation (c. 1868 – 1915) was an American woman who was celebrated as a leader of the Romani people in the US state of Mississippi. Her grave continues to be visited by thousands of people each year, and is one of the most important landmarks in Meridian. Biography. Kelly Mitchell was born around 1868.