The Great Depression happened in 1933 in Mississippi. Unemployment was at an all time high. Jobs were non existent. Banks failed daily. Families lost their homes and businesses because they could not pay their property taxes.
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Because the white people didn't like the black people and they didn't want them.
In 1933 the average cost of an acre of land in Mississippi cost about $1000. The average price of a complete home with land was $5,750, which was about $35 a month mortgage.
He was assassinated.
Evers was assassinated
Grant moved his troops down the Mississippi River to Pittsburgh Landing.
Yes, as of late March 2014, he is. Meredith, the first black student to attend the University of Mississippi (back in 1962), was born in 1933. At the age of 80, he lives in Jackson, Mississippi with his second wife, and still speaks out on issues related to racism and civil rights.