Mississippi Civil Rights Project

History of the 82 counties

Background/History

Jefferson County, originally known as Pickering, was established April 2, 1799, by a proclamation of the first Mississippi territorial governor, Winthrop Sargent.

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Fayette and Charles Evers
Charles Evers, the older brother of the civil rights martyr Medgar Evers, was elected Mayor of Fayette, Mississippi, in 1969 in Jefferson County, making him the first African-American mayor in Mississ

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