Gulfport Civil Rights Wade-In - Gulfport, MS
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N 30° 21.688 W 089° 06.199
16R E 297856 N 3360715
Marker describing the location of civil rights demonstrations, in Gulfport, that was the beginning of the end of segregationist practices.
Waymark Code: WMJ12X
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2013
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Near this spot on April 17 and April 24, 1960, Gulfport NAACP president Dr. Felix Dunn and his family joined in peaceful "wade-in" demonstrations to challenge the laws denying African-Americans use of the beach. Gulfport police officers removed the protestors but filed no charges. In Biloxi, similar protests led to arrests and white mob violence. These protests prompted the first intervention of the Civil Rights Division of the U. S. Justice Department challenging Mississippi's secregationist laws and practices.
Date Installed:: 2011
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
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