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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23HK_st-john-baptist-church_Meridian-MS.html
St. John Baptist Church was one of two locations where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was scheduled to speak in 1964, as well as the site of Polly Heidelberg's memorable confrontation of a former Klan member. "Miss Polly" was a mother figure to loca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23HF_freedom-riders_Meridian-MS.html
Freedom Riders traveled through the Meridian bus station without major incident, thanks to negotiation efforts by local Civil Rights activists and police. Their experience was unlike that in other cities, where they faced mob violence and arrests.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23HE_mclemore-cemetery_Meridian-MS.html
Meridian's oldest cemetery was founded by Richard McLemore, Meridian's first permanent white settler, in 1839. Buried here are many of the approximately 30 victims who died during the Meridian Race Riot of 1871. The riot signaled the end of the Re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23H6_african-american-business-district_Meridian-MS.html
The African-American Business District provided services that Meridian's black community could not otherwise receive due to Jim Crow laws that kept the South segregated. It was the location of a hotel, restaurants, barber and beauty shops, a drugs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23H5_the-movement_Meridian-MS.html
The Civil Rights movement in Meridian has a tumultuous history strongly linked to this area of downtown. From the 1871 Race Riot beginning at Con Sheehan Hall to the Freedom Summer activities of workers at the Council of Federated Organizations bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23H4_sit-ins-pickets-boycotts_Meridian-MS.html
Sit-ins, pickets and boycotts were used to persuade white-owned businesses to hire black employees and integrate lunch counters. The Meridian Action Committee (MAC) was formed in part to carry out these tasks. Kress, Woolworth's and Newberry depar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23H3_the-jewish-contribution_Meridian-MS.html
Jewish merchants contributed greatly to Meridian's growth. The Grand Opera House (MSU Riley Center) and the Threefoot Building stand as evidence of their business success. Although Jews were well accepted in Meridian, their support of Civil Rights…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23H2_federal-courthouse_Meridian-MS.html
The Federal Courthouse in Meridian was the site of two of the most significant legal actions in Civil Rights history: the filing of James Meredith's lawsuit to integrate the University of Mississippi in 1961 and the infamous "Mississippi Burning" …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23H0_voter-registration_Meridian-MS.html
Voter registration was one of the goals of the Civil Rights movement. In the South, poll taxes and literacy exams like the one given here at the Lauderdale County Courthouse were used to prevent African-Americans from registering. These practices …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23GZ_dr-jeff-anderson-house_Meridian-MS.html
This Tudor Revival home built in 1923, was the home of Dr. William Jefferson Anderson, found of the Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. Remaining in family hands from his death in 1951 until 1992, the house was purchased in 2001 by the United W…
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