Do you know the defining moment in history for your state?
According to the link below this is the defining moment in Mississippi’s history…..
Mississippi
> Event: Lynching of Emmett Till
> Year: 1955
> Location: Money
The lynching of 14-year-old African American Emmett Till shocked the nation and served as a catalyst for the civil rights movement. Till, a Chicago resident, was visiting relatives in Mississippi. He was kidnapped and killed after white residents in the town of Money claimed he whistled at a white woman. When Till’s body was found it was grotesquely disfigured and his mother chose to have an open casket at his wake to show the world the horror of the crime. There was a trial and the accused murders were acquitted by an all-white, male jury. In January 2017, Timothy Tyson, author of “The Blood of Emmett Till,” said the woman whom Till allegedly made advances toward told him she lied about the incident.
This was one of the defining moments of the Civil Rights movement but there are a couple of other events that defined Mississippi more…..
The establishing the Republic of West Florida in 1810 or the capture of Aaron Burr accused of treason in 1807…..Burr was arrested in Mississippi Territory…….
Check out your state and let me know if you agree with the link…..
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2018/03/22/most-important-historical-event-in-every-state/2/
That was a fascinating link. Thanks for adding (by introducing it to me) another blog to my Reader!
I am glad that it was helpful….chuq
Very informative, interesting content, and I can see myself spending lots of time on it!
Glad you liked it…..have a good Sunday…..chuq
Good info, thanks for the link.
You are welcome hope you have a good Sunday….chuq
That’s a very sad historical legacy for a state, chuq.
In my ‘county’ (as you know we don’t have states ) the claim to fame is that Admiral Nelson was born here.
Best wishes, Pete.
You are right a horrible thing to define a state….where would Trafalgar (sp?) be without him…LOL chuq
The defining moment for Florida was the invention of air conditioning!!
https://pacificparatrooper.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/easter-fun-clipart-1.jpg
LOL…..and all of us Southerners thank you……chuq
chuq, some weekend reading.
https://williamblum.org/aer/read/156
Best wishes, Pete.
Interesting article….thanx….chuq