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Mississippi

"To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi" -William Faulkner

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  • June 2007

    • Ex-Klansman Guilty in '64 Teen Murders

      CNN  |  Jun 15, 07 7:46 AM CDT

      Ex-Klansman Guilty in '64 Teen Murders

      (Newser) - A former Klansman was convicted yesterday of conspiracy and kidnapping in the 1964 murder of two black teenagers. The prosecution's star witness was a Klan member who said he and James Ford Seale stuffed the 19-year-olds into their trunk and drowned them in the Mississippi River. The jury deliberated for about 2 hours, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reported. More »

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A construction worker lays a roof on a house being re-built along the Gulf Coast, Friday, Aug 17, 2007, in Pass Christian, Miss. Hurricane Katrina erased much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast's past, but...   (Associated Press)
Kevin Parman rides a skim board along the gulf, Friday, Aug 17, 2007, in Biloxi , Miss. Hurricane Katrina erased much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast's past, but the deadly storm also created a blank canvas...   (Associated Press)
A sign on the beach stating the beach is open, is shown Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007, in Pass Christian, Miss. Hurricane Katrina erased much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast's past, but the deadly storm also...   (Associated Press)
The Palace Casino in Biloxi, Miss. partially lies underwater in this Aug. 30, 2005 after Hurricane Katrina passed through the area. After Katrina, Mississippi enacted a law allowing floating casinos to...   (Associated Press)
President Bush talks about post-Katrina rebuilding efforts in Mississippi on Wednesday, August 29, 2007, in Bay St. Louis, Miss. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)   (Associated Press)
In this photo released by the University of Southern Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi student Tessa Eubanks, of Ocean Springs, Miss., takes a study break between classes Tuesday, Oct. 2,...   (Associated Press)
Mississippi State Auditor Phil Bryant, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, speaks, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007, during a news conference in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)   (Associated Press)
Richard Bigger, the Democratic chairman for Henderson County talks about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in Oquawka, Ill., Wednesday Oct. 3, 2007. Only 30 people in Illinois' rural Henderson...   (Associated Press)
A fishing boat slowly moves through the Mississippi Sound just offshore of Biloxi, Ms. Wednesday Sept. 19, 2007. The coast is making a slow comeback, however the casino industry is thriving. Casinos currently...   (Associated Press)
This undated photo shows this headstone which is one of three in the Mississippi Delta region marking a suspected final resting spot for famed blues guitarist Robert Johnson. (AP Photo/Justin M. Norton)   (Associated Press)
This undated photo shows a mural depicting the meeting of W.C. Handy and a mysterious bluesman at a train station in rural Mississippi. (AP Photo/Justin M. Norton)   (Associated Press)
University of Mississippi basketball coach Andy Kennedy speaks to media during the Southeastern Conference Basketball Media Day at the Birmingham Marriott in Birmingham, Ala. on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007....   (Associated Press)
C. Daryl Neely, corrections policy advisor for the governor, discusses the lack of remorse exhibited by death row inmate Earl Wesley Berry who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening,...   (Associated Press)
Opponents of the death penalty Jean Weisenee of Tutwiler, Miss., left, and Sister Donna Gunn of Camden, continue to pray as Sheila O'Flaherty of Jackson, receives a phone call alerting them to the news...   (Associated Press)
Opponents to the death penalty gather inside Mississippi State Penitentiary to pray for death row inmate Earl Wesley Berry who was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening, Oct. 30,...   (Associated Press)
Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps, right, listens as Jena Watson, daughter of 1987 kidnapping and murder victim Mary Bounds, gives a statement for the family following the U.S. Supreme Court...   (Associated Press)
Gretna police Chief Arthur Lawson Jr. speaks at a news conference in Gretna, La. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007. A Grand Jury returned a no true bill concerning pedestrians turned back by police when they crossed...   (Associated Press)
Mississippi football coach Ed Orgeron paces outside the team's dressing room prior to their college football game against Arkansas in Oxford, Miss., in this Oct. 20, 2007 photo. With his barrel chest,...   (Associated Press)
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, left, looks on as First Lady Laura Bush speaks to fifth grade students, Jensen Atwara, middle, and Journee Hyde, right, about coastal conservation and the dangers of polluting...   (Associated Press)
Fifth-grade students, from left, Jade Kindsvater, Brittany Barrett and Sierra Gissendanner, right, sort through bags of trash that were collected in the Mississippi Sound as they learn about coastal conservation...   (Associated Press)
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour (front row, from right), First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, University of Southern Miss. President Dr. Martha Saunders and Chair of Coastal...   (Associated Press)
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour (front row, from right), First Lady Laura Bush, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, University of Southern Miss. President Dr. Martha Saunders and Chair of Coastal...   (Associated Press)
Mississippi's Mike Wallace smiles as he returns a Northwestern State kickoff for a touchdown at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss., on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Bruce Newman)   (Associated Press)
Mississippi's Shay Hodge, left, reaches over Northwestern State's Kasey Brown (14) to make a touchdown reception in the third quarter of a football game at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss., on...   (Associated Press)
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Mississippi River
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

River, central U.S. It rises at Lake Itasca in Minnesota and flows south, meeting its major tributaries, the Missouri and the Ohio rivers, about halfway along its journey to the Gulf of Mexico. It enters the Gulf southeast of New Orleans, after a course of 2,350 mi (3,780 km). It is the largest ...

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Mississippi Sound
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Mississippi Sound arm of the Gulf of Mexico, c.100 mi (160 km) long and from 7 to 15 mi (11-24 km) wide, extending from Lake Borgne in Louisiana on the west to Mobile Bay in Alabama on the east. It is part of the Intracoastal Waterway and is separated from the Gulf by a ...

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Mississippi cultures
A Dictionary of World History

Mississippi cultures A group of interrelated Native American cultures in the central and lower Mississippi valley from c. 700 to 1700 AD. Three principal new features distinguish them from the preceding HOPEWELL CULTURES. Most famous are the huge politico-religious centres of pyramidal, flat ...

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Mississippi
World Encyclopedia

Mississippi State in s central USA, on the Gulf of Mexico; the capital and largest city is Jackson. Other major cities are Meridian, Biloxi, Vicksburg, and Laurel. The French claimed the region in 1682, but it passed to Britain after the Seven Years' War. The Territory of Mississippi ...

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Mississippi
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Mississippi , one of the Deep South states of the United States. It is bordered by Alabama (E), the Gulf of Mexico (S), Arkansas and Louisiana, with most of the border formed by the Mississippi R. (W), and Tennessee (N). Facts and Figures Area, 47,716 sq mi (123,584 sq km). Pop. (2000) ...

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