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Thad Chochran
Thad Cochran was born in Pontotoc. He was the first Republican to be elected in Mississippi since Reconstruction.
Ross Barnett
Ross Barnett, who was the governor of Mississippi from 1960 to 1964 and vehemently opposed the integration of the University of Mississippi, taught school for two years in the early nineteen twenties

Places

Toxish Baptist Church
Toxish Baptist Church is located on the Natchez Trace about ten miles southeast of Pontotoc and was organized in 1837.

Events

School Desegregation in Pontotoc County
Date of Event:
1969
In Pontotoc County during the mid-1950s there were nineteen "white"schools and five "colored"schools.

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