Mississippi Civil Rights Project

History of the 82 counties

Background/History

Clarke County is located in the southeastern portion of Mississippi. It borders Alabama, and its adjacent counties include Lauderdale, Choctaw, Wayne, and Jasper counties.

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Rev. Advial McKenzie
Rev. Advial McKenzie was a human rights activist. He is currently Pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi. Rev.
Gayle Graham Yates
Yates was born and raised in Shubuta, Mississippi. She left for schooling and later returned to write a dynamic book about Shubuta. Yates has published several books listed below:
Osceola McCarty
Osceola McCarty was a poor washerwoman from Shubuta, MS. She became one of the most famous women to have lived in Clarke County.

Places

The Hanging Bridge
Gayle Graham Gates authored a book entitled, Life and Death in a Small Town: Memories of Shubuta, Mississippi. Within the book she writes:
Rapp Road
Rapp Road is a historically black community in Albany, New York. Most of the families who live there came from the town of Shubuta in Clarke County, MS.
Stonewall Public Swimming Pool
Stonewall, Miss., had a local community pool during the 1960s, but during the time of desegregation, the pool was shut down when it faced the possibility of integration.

Events

Lynching of Aaron Harris
Date of Event:
June 12, 1883
Aaron Harris was lynched on June 12, 1883, for murdering an undisclosed person.
Lynching of Charlie Lang and Ernest Green
Date of Event:
October 1942
In October 1942, Charlie Lang and Ernest Green, two fourteen year old boys, were lynched in Shubuta.

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