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The Biloxi wade-ins were three protests that were conducted by local African Americans on the beaches of Biloxi, Mississippi between 1959 and 1963, during the civil rights movement. The demonstrations were led by Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr . in an effort to desegregate the city's 26 mi (42 km) of beaches on the Mississippi Gulf Coast .
Dr. Gilbert R. Mason Sr. (October 7, 1928 – July 8, 2006), was a physician who was a family practitioner and civil rights leader in Biloxi, Mississippi. He is noted for organizing three wade-ins , from 1959 to 1963, to desegregate the city's public beaches, which had been made with federal funds.
Designated USMS. October 24, 1985 [1] The Beauvoir estate, built in Biloxi, Mississippi, along the Gulf of Mexico, was the post-war home (1876–1889) of the former President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis. The National Park Service designated the house and plantation as a National Historic Landmark.
The Ohr–O'Keefe Museum Of Art is a non-profit art museum located in Biloxi, Mississippi, dedicated to the ceramics of George E. Ohr, the self-proclaimed "Mad Potter of Biloxi". The museum is named for ceramic artist George E. Ohr (1857–1918), as well as Annette O'Keefe, late wife of former Biloxi mayor Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe III, who was ...
Biloxi Blues is the story of army recruits during World War II training at Keesler Field, the present-day Keesler Air Force Base. Biloxi is the setting of several John Grisham novels, including The Runaway Jury (1996), The Partner (1997), and The Boys from Biloxi (2022). A substantial portion of Larry Brown's novel Fay is set in Biloxi.
In 1919, Biloxi voters opted to have a new full-time government with a mayor and two commissioners elected to four-year terms. This system remained in place until voters again amended the city's governing structure in 1978, approving a mayor-council form of government with a city-wide elected mayor and councilmen elected from seven wards in the ...
4th. Website. harrisoncountyms.gov. Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 208,621. [1] Its county seats are Biloxi and Gulfport. [2] The county is named after U.S. President William Henry Harrison. [3] Harrison County is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area. The ...
Designated USMS. January 8, 1987 [1] The Old Brick House, also known as Biloxi Garden Center, was built around 1850 as a modest family home by John Henley, a former sheriff and mayor of Biloxi. The house is situated on Back Bay in Biloxi, Mississippi. The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, [2] and was designated ...