Mississippi: A Place Apart During the era of Jim Crow segregation, Mississippi represented the extremes of the South.

The March Backward When the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation in 1954, a few white moderates in Mississippi called for gradual acceptance of the ruling. They quickly turned radical, or silent.

The Citizens' Council Mississippi whites organized a broad network of citizens groups to enforce racial segregation. Their goal was to maintain white supremacy.

The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission The Sovereignty Commission was both a propaganda machine and a spy agency. It kept extensive files on anyone suspected of civil rights involvement.

The Riot at Ole' Miss A race riot at The University of Mississippi led to a reign of terror against black citizens. It also caused some influential whites to rethink "massive resistance" to integration.