Jim Crow
The system of state and local laws in the south after the period of Reconstruction.
"Jim Crow" or "Jim Crow laws"
This event paralleled the Black Exodus, but instead of just Kansas, many Black Mississippians left to go north to escape the brutality of the south.
"Great Migration"
MS Democrats did not want to be affiliated with the Civil Rights Democrats in Washington, so they created their own party, the ________, which argued "states rights" in terms of segregation.
He was a veteran and farmer who tried to enroll at Southern Miss in 1956. He was later framed for stealing $25 worth of chicken feed, and put in prison for 7 years in which he later passed away.
"Clyde Kennard"
These people were black and white activists who rode buses from up north down into Jackson, where many were beaten and arrested as part of a back room deal with the local government.
"Freedom Riders"
The 1896 Supreme Court Case that established "separate but equal' was legal and used to increase segregation in the south.
"Plessy v. Fergusson"
Many ______ immigrants were brought over as cheap labor after the war, but many of them left plantations and opened grocery stores that catered to the African American communities.
"Chinese"
This 1954 Supreme Court Case challenged the "separate but equal" claim, eventually finding it unconstitutional in educational settings.
"Brown v Board of Education"
________ moved to Biloxi, MS in 1955, but soon found out that the beach beside his house was segregated which caused to organize several protests, including Operation Surf.
"Dr. Gilbert Mason"
These were schools created by Freedom Riders designed to give young African Americans a better education than the segregated schools.
"Freedom Schools"
The agricultural system where a landowner allowed someone to use their land to grow in exchange for some of the crop, but instead kept many in a cycle of poverty and debt.
"Sharecropping"
One way Mississippi expanded its economy was to expand the _____, which allowed for more goods to be shipped across state lines and goods to be brought back as well.
"Railroads"
________ was a 14 year-old from Chicago visiting family in Money, MS when he allegedly whistled at Carolyn Bryant, a white woman, and was kidnapped and later found beaten in the Tallahatchie River.
"Emmett Till"
He was a veteran who had been granted a Supreme Court approval to attend Ole Miss, but he was blocked by MS gov. Ross Barnett, the KKK, and even an attempt had been made on his life.
"James Meredith"
In the summer of 1964, ____ civil rights workers were murdered after being found in connection with a black church that had burned down in Neshoba county MS due to the work of the KKK.
"Three or 3"
This system was used to provide cheap labor to private companies for work, which led to the increase in arrests for young black men for minor crimes.
"Convict lease system"
_______ nicknamed (The Great White Chief) was the gov. of MS from 1904-1908 had built his platform on racial discrimination and even tried repealing the 14th and 15th amendments.
"James K. Vardaman"
Carolyn's husband Roy Bryant and his friend admitted to the murder in a magazine interview, but they could not be tried again after being arrested and tried the first time due to which law.
"Double Jeopardy law"
He was a veteran who eventually joined the NAACP as a field secretary, and he had been good friends with James Meredith while being the first black applicant of Ole Miss Law School.
"Medgar Evers"
_____ was a former sharecropper turned activist who had registered to vote, refused to withdraw it, and as a result, got kicked off the plantation with no home. In a final speech, the words "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired" were the final words.
"Fannie Lou Hamer"
This was when a large number of Black Mississippians left to go to "Kansas" hoping to escape sharecropping, slavery, and Jim Crow laws.
"Black Exodus"
Nicknamed "the Man," ______ was MS gov. in 1920 where he was accused of corruption and scandals but was never convicted. He did, however, bring junior colleges around the state making them more accessible.
"Theodore Bilbo"
In 1959, MS elected new governor, _______, where he argued for states' rights and promised to defend MS's "way of life," segregation.
"Ross Barnett"
Medgar Evers had been killed by _____ who was not convicted and resulted in hung juries. The governor of MS personally shook his hand after this, but he was later found guilty and put in prison almost 40 years later.
"Byron De La Beckwith"
He was a businessman from Hattiesburg, MS, who was the president of local NAACP. His house was firebombed by the KKK, forcing him to fend them off while has family escaped, which later led to him dying of his burns.
"Vernon Dahmer"