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  2. Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument - Wikipedia

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    Designated CP. September 18, 2013. The Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, also known as Medgar Evers House, is a historic house museum at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive within the Medgar Evers Historic District in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Built in 1956, it was the home of African American civil rights activist ...

  3. Medgar Evers - Wikipedia

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    Medgar Evers. Medgar Wiley Evers (/ ˈmɛdɡər /; July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist and soldier who was the NAACP 's first field secretary in Mississippi. Evers, a United States Army veteran who served in World War II, was engaged in efforts to overturn racial segregation at the University of Mississippi ...

  4. Belhaven Neighborhood - Wikipedia

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    Belhaven Neighborhood or "The Greater Belhaven Area", often simply called "Belhaven", is a neighborhood located in Jackson, Mississippi. Belhaven Neighborhood is named after the home of Confederate veteran Jones S. Hamilton, [1] which became the namesake of Belhaven University. [2] Belhaven is a historic district and one of Jackson's oldest ...

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Mississippi

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    This is a list of properties and districts in Mississippi that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 1,400 sites distributed among all of Mississippi's 82 counties. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in ...

  6. Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe - Wikipedia

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    Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe III (July 12, 1923 – August 23, 2016) was an American fighter ace, Democratic Party politician, insurance executive, and funeral director. As a Marine pilot in World War II he received the Navy Cross for five of the seven kills he recorded over Okinawa. After the war he entered politics, serving as a member of the ...

  7. List of plantations in Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Burned in 1940. Hurricane Plantation. Davis Bend. 32°10′01″N 91°08′53″W  /  32.16681°N 91.14816°W  / 32.16681; -91.14816  (Hurricane) Warren. Built 1827 by Joseph Davis, older brother of Jefferson Davis. All primary structures except for the library pavilion (pictured) were burned in 1862 by Federal troops. 78001581 ...

  8. Greenwood Cemetery (Jackson, Mississippi) - Wikipedia

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    Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery located in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. Still in use, it was established by a federal land grant on November 21, 1821. It was originally known simply as "The Graveyard" and later as "City Cemetery" before the present name was adopted in 1899. It is the final resting place of Confederate generals, former ...

  9. Fountainhead (Jackson, Mississippi) - Wikipedia

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    Description and history. This Usonian house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948 was built during 1950–1954 for J. Willis Hughes, who lived in it until January 1980. [2] It is on a 30-60 degree triangle, which results in a grid of equilateral parallelograms. The "bedroom wing terminates in a fountain over a pool, which gives the ...