Mississippi Civil Rights Project

History of the 82 counties

Background/History

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Burnita Shelton Matthews
Burnita Shelton Matthews, born near Hazlehurst in 1894, became the first woman to be appointed to the Federal District Court Bench.
Mamie Elizabeth Carthan
Mamie Elizabeth Carthan, mother of Emmett Till whose death spawned a landmark Civil Rights case, was born in Hazlehurst, Miss. Through the efforts of Ms.

Places

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Events

The Murder of Eddie James Stewart
Date of Event:
1966
One of the cases reopened by the Cold Case Unit, an organization that investigates unsolved murders dating before 1969, involved the murder of Eddie James Stewart of Crystal Springs, 1966.

Organizations

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