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Fannie Lou Hamer on Roots of Her Activism (0:40)

Fannie Lou Hamer, who worked as a field organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to expand black voter registration, discusses her awakening to racial injustice.

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  • Fannie Lou Hamer on Roots of Her Activism
    Fannie Lou Hamer on Roots of Her Activism

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    Fannie Lou Hamer, who worked as a field organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to expand black voter registration, discusses her awakening to racial injustice.

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  • John F. Kennedy Appeals to Mississippi Governor
    John F. Kennedy Appeals to Mississippi Governor

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    After many unfruitful telephone conversations with Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett, President John F. Kennedy calls the governor one more time to discuss the building tension over James Meredith’s impending registration at the University of Mississippi. Though the governor has made clear his opposition to the Supreme Court order to allow Meredith to attend the school, President Kennedy tries to assess whether the governor will maintain law and order when Meredith arrives.

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  • Robert F. Kennedy Calls Governor of Mississippi
    Robert F. Kennedy Calls Governor of Mississippi

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    On September 29, 1962, as measures are taken to safely transport James Meredith to the University of Mississippi where he will enroll in accordance with a U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding desegregation of the institution, President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy make a series of phone calls to Gov. Ross Barnett who has openly defied the Court's ruling. Attorney General Kennedy gets exasperated when the governor shoots down his idea for crowd control.

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  • America and the Civil War
    America and the Civil War

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    Discover how the bloodiest war in American history transformed the face of the nation.

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  • The Union Siege of Vicksburg
    The Union Siege of Vicksburg

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    The heavily fortified city of Vicksburg is the gateway to the Mississippi River. To force surrender, Ulysses S. Grant holds the rebel forces under siege for six weeks.

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  • BB King: Growing Up in Mississippi
    BB King: Growing Up in Mississippi

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    In this American History video, brought to you by the History Channel, musician BB King talks about growing up in a poor and segregated Mississippi. He then goes on to talk about how much the state has changed.

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  • Hurricane Katrina
    Hurricane Katrina

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    This clip from "History Uncut" provides aerial video of New Orleans, taken from a news helicopter, shortly after Hurricane Katrina. This provides a unique perspective of the devastation that Katrina wreaked on the city.

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  • Integration at Ole Miss
    Integration at Ole Miss

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    Newsreel footage of President Kennedy's address to the American people after the University of Alabama riots in 1962.

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  • The Union Sends a Message
    The Union Sends a Message

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    1863 "Wallpaper Edition" of the Daily Citizen newspaper is created as resources is scarce during the Civil War.

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  • The Abolitionist Movement
    The Abolitionist Movement

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    In the decades before the Civil War, anti-slavery sentiment sparked an abolitionist movement that employed risky and radical tactics to bring an end to slavery.

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  • Louisiana Purchase Doubles U.S.
    Louisiana Purchase Doubles U.S.

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    Thomas Jefferson pulls off the land deal of the millennium when he buys 800,000 square miles from the French, stretching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains

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  • President Grant's Road to Success
    President Grant's Road to Success

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    Ulysses S. Grant overcomes a lifetime of failures to lead the Union Army to victory in the Civil War.

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  • Origins of Slavery in America
    Origins of Slavery in America

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    In 1619, the Dutch introduced the first captured Africans to America, planting the seeds of a slavery system that evolved into a nightmare of abuse and cuelty that would ultimately divide the nation.

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  • The Gettysburg Address: A New Declaration of Independence
    The Gettysburg Address: A New Declaration of Independence

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    After the carnage at the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln reaffirms his commitment to achieving freedom for all.

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    History.com's state gallery for Mississippi. Learn more about the state symbols and famous landmarks.

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