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The Ole Miss riot of 1962 (September 30 – October 1, 1962), also known as the Battle of Oxford, [ 2 ] was a race riot that occurred at the University of Mississippi —commonly called Ole Miss—in Oxford, Mississippi, as segregationist rioters sought to prevent the enrollment of African American applicant James Meredith. [ 3 ]
28-25100. GNIS feature ID. 0670061. Website. www.cityofflowood.com. Flowood is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 10,202 as of the 2020 census. [2] A suburb of Jackson, Flowood is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is located northeast of the state capital.
28-14420. GNIS feature ID. 668609 [1] Website. www.clintonms.org. Clinton is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. Situated in the Jackson metropolitan area, it is the 10th most populous city in Mississippi. The population was 28,100 at the 2020 United States census.
Petal. On May 28 at least 200 people protested outside Petal City Hall on Friday night, demanding that Mayor Hal Marx resign after he made a comment defending the police regarding George Floyd's murder and saying "I didn't see anything unreasonable." [14] One elderly woman walked three miles (4.8 km) with symbolic chains around her feet to get ...
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating a Tuesday incident that killed one person at an apartment complex during a shooting involving the Flowood Police Department.
In the broader context of racism in the United States, mass racial violence in the United States consists of ethnic conflicts and race riots, along with such events as: Racially based communal conflicts between African Americans and White Americans which took place before the American Civil War, often in relation to attempted slave revolts, and ...
June 7, 1919. Location. Macon, Mississippi, United States. The Macon, Mississippi, race riot took place on June 7, 1919, in Macon, Mississippi. White members who were angry that black people were organizing to attain better work conditions beat, whipped and then forced them into exile.
The cities of Jackson and Flowood are under a boil-water notice issued Thursday afternoon by the Mississippi State Department of Health, but JXN Water plans to dispute the state's lab results.