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In 1959, Biloxi was the site of "Mississippi's first public assault on racial barriers in its 15-year civil rights struggle." [15] Gilbert R. Mason, a black physician in Biloxi, went swimming at a local beach with seven black friends. They were ordered to leave by a city policeman, who told them that "Negroes don't come to the sand beach". [16]
Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 208,621. [1] Its county seats are Biloxi and Gulfport. [2] The county is named after U.S. President William Henry Harrison. [3] Harrison County is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area.
Vieux Biloxi (Fort Maurepas) on the Biloxi Coast (site B on the map) M. d'Iberville originally intended to establish a French colony along the Mississippi River. [2] However, because of its flooding, he had been unable to find a suitable location during his first voyage of discovery up the Mississippi in March 1699. [2]
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Download QR code; Print/export ... Pages in category "Films set in Mississippi" ... Biloxi Blues (film) Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story ...
Beau Rivage was one of the few still recognizable buildings remaining on Biloxi's coast. In the weeks following Hurricane Katrina and in the wake of the catastrophic damage to the coast's casinos in the hurricane, the Mississippi state legislature changed its laws regarding the placement of casinos. Instead of having to be on barges on the ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
"Start of the Biloxi - Isle of Caprice Swimming Marathon Biloxi, Miss.", postcard, date unknown Rucker, J. B., and Snowden, J. O., 1988, " Recent morphologic changes at Dog Key Pass, Mississippi; the formation and disappearance of the Isle of Caprice ", Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies , v. 38, p. 343-349.