Mississippi's Racism Is a Big Issue in Mississippi

Between 1877 and to 1950, 22 people were lynched in Jackson's Hines County. In 1954, the federal government's forced end to segregation resulted in Jackson becoming more racially diverse. One of the most infamous hate crimes that occurred in Mississippi was the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till. Another race-fueled incident occurred in 1964 when two black men, Charles Moore and Henry D, were murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan.