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Mississippi: Is This America?. “This is Mississippi, the middle of the iceberg. This is a tremor in the middle of the iceberg from a stone that the builders rejected.” -- Bob Moses, 1961. 1720-1835 . 1835-1865 . 1865-1876.
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Mississippi: Is This America? “This is Mississippi, the middle of the iceberg. This is a tremor in the middle of the iceberg from a stone that the builders rejected.”-- Bob Moses, 1961
1720-1835 1835-1865
Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce, U.S. Senators from Mississippi, both African American
Three Pillars of White Supremacy • Segregation • Voter disfranchisement • Extralegal violence and use of criminal justice system [concept of “legal lynching”]
Charles White.The Return of the Soldier, 1946.Pen and ink on illustration board.Prints and Photographs Division.Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-4886 (8-19)
“I want the whole world to see what they did to my baby. . . .”
Media What role do the media play in shaping perceptions of a social movement and its antagonists?
CORE Freedom Riders after attacks on their Greyhound bus outside of Anniston, Alabama
Freedom Riders arriving in Jackson, Mississippi, where they were promptly arrested
“And people ask why we are down here. . . .” Fundraising advertisement published by SNCC in its newsletter, The Student Voice, in 1964
October 1, 1962: James Meredith (center) is escorted by Federal officials including U.S. Department of Justice Attorney John Doar (pictured on right) at the University of Mississippi.
September 30, 1962: Students riot in response to James Meredith’s enrollment at Ole Miss.