Mississippi Civil Rights Project

History of the 82 counties

Background/History

Chickasaw County was the site of several notorious laws targeting African Americans. "Peeping Tom"laws and laws against "hogging the road"were prosecuted during the Movement era.

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Walker Milan Davis
W.M. Davis was an educator born in Okolona, Mississippi, in 1908. After graduating from Alcorn State and earning a master's from Iowa State, he served as an administrator and teacher at Alcorn State.
James Baskin
James Baskin was born in 1910 and served as Principal of Colored Schools during the Civil Rights Movement. He was listed as a potential "agitator"by the Sovereignty Commission.
Howard E. Gunn
Gunn was a black resident of Chickasaw County who created controversy upon attempting to register to vote in the summer of 1964.
Ted Horn
Ted Horn was a former Sheriff of Chickasaw County who received threats from local Ku Klux Klan leaders.

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Okolona College for Negroes
Established in 1902, Okolona College provided industrial education for African American men and women until funding was discontinued in 1965 when the college shut its doors.

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