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A History of Mississippi 2 vols. (1973), thorough coverage by scholars; Mitchell, Dennis J., A New History of Mississippi (2014) Ownby, Ted et al. eds. The Mississippi Encyclopedia (2017) Sansing, David G. Making Haste Slowly: The Troubled History of Higher Education in Mississippi (University Press of Mississippi, 2004) Skates, John Ray.
Mississippi's strategic location along the Mississippi River made it a site of significant economic and strategic importance, especially during the era of cotton plantation agriculture, which led to its wealth pre-Civil War, but entrenched slavery and racial segregation. On December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the 20th state admitted to the Union.
The location of the state of Mississippi in the United States of America. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Mississippi: Mississippi – U.S. state located in the Southern United States, named after the Mississippi River which flows along its western boundary
Journal of Social History 47.2 (2013): 371–400. Online; Pierce, Neal R. The Deep South States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Seven States of the Deep South (1974) in-depth study of politics and issues, state by state; Rogers, William Warren, et al. Alabama: The history of a deep south state (University of Alabama Press, 2018).
1960s 1970s 1980s Current Territory American Samoa: 1858 1873 1879 1887 1900 1908 1912 1959 1960 American Samoa: Guam: 1885 1898 1908 1912 1941 1944 1947 1948 Guam: Northern Mariana Islands: 1885 1899 1914 1919 1944 1947 1965 1972 1976 1989 Northern Mariana Islands: Puerto Rico: 1506 1701 1760 1785 1873 1895 1952 Puerto Rico: Virgin Islands ...
A new exhibit at the Two Mississippi Museums offers an up-close look at some of the flags that have flown over the state. "Flags From Mississippi: Emblems Through Time" weaves the story of ...
The Plaquemine culture was an archaeological culture in the lower Mississippi River Valley in western Mississippi and eastern Louisiana. Good examples of this culture are the Medora site (the type site for the culture and period) in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana , and the Anna , Emerald Mound , Winterville and Holly Bluff sites located in ...
There are 40 National Historic Landmarks in Mississippi. Five of these are also State Historic Sites. For consistency, the sites are named here as designated under the National Historic Landmark program. A cross-reference list of all seven State Historic Sites is provided further below, which uses different names for some sites.