Mississippi Civil Rights Project

History of the 82 counties

Background/History

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Charlie Frank Pride
Pride was born in Sledge, Quitman County, MS, in 1938. Charlie Pride was the first African American to be a successful country music musician. During his music career Charlie obtained twenty-nine No.

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Events

Poor People's Campaign
Date of Event:
1968, 2003
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was delivering a sermon in Clarksdale in late 1967 when he was told that he needed to see the economic ruin of African-Americans in Marks, Mississippi (Quitman County).

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