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African Americans. African Americans in Mississippi or Black Mississippians are residents of the state of Mississippi who are of African American ancestry. As of the 2019 U.S. Census estimates, African Americans were 37.8% of the state's population which is the highest in the nation.
Ben Domenech (born 1981), conservative writer and blogger ( Jackson) David Herbert Donald (1920–2009), historian ( Goodman) Ellen Douglas (Josephine Haxton) (1921–2012), novelist ( Greenville) [67] Eliza Ann Dupuy (c. 1814 – 1880), first woman of Mississippi to earn her living as a writer.
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.
James Cotton (1935–2017) – blues harmonica player and singer-songwriter ( Tunica) Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (1905–1974) – Delta blues singer and guitarist ( Forest) George Cummings (born 1938) – guitarist and songwriter ( Meridian) Rona Barrett (born 1981) Country Singer Violinist Fiddle Player Songwriter ( Pearl River County, Mississippi)
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 following is a list of notable African-American women who have made contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.. An excerpt from a 1998 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education by Juliane Malveaux reads: "There are other reasons to be concerned about the paucity of African American women in science, especially as scientific occupations are among the ...
Halle Bailey. Florence Ballard. Tyra Banks. Shari Belafonte. Denée Benton. Cindy Birdsong. Blue Raspberry (singer) Kitty Brown. Brownstone (group)
Dedicated in 2004, the 9-foot, 3,000-pound bronze sculpture on a pedestal of black African granite honors Mississippians of African descent who participated in the Vicksburg Campaign during the ...