The Library of Hattiesburg, Petal and Forrest County is located in Forrest County, Mississippi. This public library system is headquartered in Hattiesburg, MS, and has an additional branch in Petal, MS. The library began serving the reading needs of the community with a circulating collection of books in 1916. Later that year it relocated to the lounge of the first floor of the Forrest County Courthouse. During World War I, the American Library Association established twelve branch libraries in Hattiesburg
Emmett Till, who was born on July 25, 1941, was 14 years old when he was lynched in Mississippi after allegedly flirting with a white woman. He had traveled from his hometown of Chicago to visit his relatives in the South when two white men arrived at his family’s home and dragged him out at gunpoint. His death was the result of numerous violent acts that followed. He was beaten, and shot in an eye, an ear and most of his teeth were gouged out before his body was thrown into the Tallahatchie River
Magnolia State into what it is today. Before the Mississippi was discovered by Europeans, Native Americans inhabited the land. There were three ethnic groups of Native Americans living in the land which would one day become Mississippi: The Natchez, the Choctaws, and the Chickasaws. The Natchez Indians were known for worshipping the Sun (Fant 9). The Choctaw Indians lived in South Mississippi while the Chickasaw Indians lived in the northern part of Mississippi (Fant 7). Choctaw Indians and Chickasaw Indians
misconception that they will solely be evaluated by their students standardized test scores. Some teachers are also against it due to the amount of time that it takes for them to receive their bonuses for that year. For example, a teacher in Lamar County, Mississippi, had to wait 2 years to receive what was supposed to be an annual bonus in her paycheck. The teacher first received her first bonus check of $680 in December of 2014. She then had to wait two years for her second check, and is still waiting
ever made. In 1953, black political leader Lamar D. Smith, 63, was shot to death in front of the Lincoln County Courthouse at Brookhaven, Mississippi, after seeking to qualify blacks to vote. More than twenty people witnessed the shooting, including several blacks, but nobody admitted to having seen anything and no witnesses testified against the three white men charged with the murder. In 1954, black minister George W. Lee was killed at Belzoni, Mississippi, after a week of terror during which whites
Wyatt Earp, born Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp, was born on March 19, 1848 in Manmouth, Illinois to Nicholas and Virginia Earp. When Wyatt was two, his parents moved him across the Mississippi River to Pella, Iowa. He was considered a great western lawman. His first experience as a lawman was as a constable of Lamar, Missouri for four months in the year 1870. In April, 1875, he was appointed to the Wichita Kansas police force only to be released from that job on April 2, 1876 for insubordination
Community Coffee: Coffee Producer 3) Copeland’s: Restaurant Chain 4) Entergy: Energy Services 5) Freeport-McMoran: Copper and Metal Mining 6) Hibernia National Bank: Banking 7) Hornbeck Offshore Services: Freight Transportation and Petroleum 8) Lamar Advertising Company: Advertising 9) Mcllhenny Company: Food Products 10) Oreck Corporation: Vacuum
ABSTRACT: In society today, homicide rates rise and behind those rates we only see the adults who commit these heinous crimes of violence, but it has trickled down to the children. Throughout the duration of this paper you will see how the children are just as dangerous as the adults, and how it personally has affected my outlook on people. From murderous motives, mental illness, curiosity involving the media, and this idea that the kids are the victims too we see kids trading toys for time. INTRODUCTION:
All African Americans faced some type of discriminating act during the time of the civil war. Their expedition for justice began during the Reconstruction Era. Although, the Civil War granted African Americans many opportunities and freedoms, a new coming of challenges would be initiated in the South. During this time Andrew Johnson was the U.S president and he vetoed the Freedman’s Bureau Bill and the Civil Rights Bill. The bills were created to protect blacks and he wanted the bills gone. Congress
Equality is on a broad spectrum in the world. What does equality and freedom actually mean? And is America really equal. We are going to explore some of the most famous people who set standard for us to be called equal. Several years ago it was a fight for many people around the country to be able to call themselves free, now what do we have to show for that. The new generation coming into to the world are becoming lazy and not learning what it actually mean to be free and equal. America was made
Texas, one of the West South Central states of the United States. It borders Mexico on the southwest and the Gulf of Mexico on the southeast. To the west is New Mexico, to the north and northeast lie Oklahoma and Arkansas, and Louisiana bounds Texas on the east. Austin is the capital of Texas. Houston is the largest city. Texas is the size of Ohio, Indiana, and all the New England and Middle Atlantic states combined, and its vast area encompasses forests, mountains, deserts and dry plains, and a
When driving west down Lamar in Memphis, Tennessee, the street turns into E.H. Crump boulevard. That is about as much as I knew about the name E.H. Crump. Never would I have guess what the name meant to the city of Memphis and the amount of weigh t it once carried. It was not until I enrolled into this Tennessee History course that I began to realize how significant the man behind this name was. Before Elvis Presley put Memphis on the map with his Rock n Roll music, Willie Herenton took office, or