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Mississippi (/ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi/ (listen)) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mississippi's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Mississippi is the 32nd largest and 34th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Jackson is both the state's capital and largest city. Greater Jackson is the state's most populous metropolitan area, with an estimated population of 580,166 in 2018.

On December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the 20th state admitted to the Union. By 1860, Mississippi was the nation's top cotton-producing state and slaves accounted for 55% of the state population. Mississippi declared its secession from the Union on January 9, 1861, and was one of the seven original Confederate States, which constituted the largest slaveholding states in the nation. Following the Civil War, it was restored to the Union on February 23, 1870.

Until the Great Migration of the 1930s, African Americans were a majority of Mississippi's population. In 2010, 37.3% of Mississippi's population was African American, the highest percentage of any state.

Mississippi was the site of many prominent events during the civil rights movement, including the Ole Miss riot of 1962 by white students objecting to desegregation, the 1963 assassination of Medgar Evers, and the 1964 Freedom Summer murders of three activists working on voting rights. (Full article...)

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The medical clinic housed in a tent

The New Waveland Café and New Waveland Clinic together formed a disaster response center consisting of a combination café, soup kitchen, medical clinic, donation center, and market, that operated free of charge from September 5 to December 1, 2005 in immediate Post-Katrina Mississippi Gulf Coast in Waveland, Hancock County, Mississippi. The cafe and clinic were founded in response to Hurricane Katrina and provided free food and free medical care to hurricane victims for three months. They were located in tents in the parking lot of Fred's Department Store at 790 Hwy 90 in Waveland, across the street from the destroyed and gutted Waveland Police Department.

The New Waveland Cafe served three free meals every day to thousands of residents and volunteers. The New Waveland Clinic provided free health care to over 5,500 patient contacts. As well, a group of hippies and Christians came together to form a unique group which worked together to provide emergency relief. (Full article...)

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Did you know?

... that Catherine Lutz was the first female general in the Mississippi National Guard?
... that nearly 80,000 black Mississippians cast a vote in the 1963 Freedom Ballot mock election, four times more than the number of black registered voters?
... that Barbara Yancy, who succeeded her husband in the Mississippi Senate after his death, later became an advocate for other widowed homemakers?
... that Carl Craig became the state auditor of Mississippi in 1936 after defeating a former state auditor also named Carl?
... that Betty Jane Long was Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives for less than a day?
... that 19-year-old Union Army colonel Charles R. Ellet ran two separate steam-powered ram ships past the batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the American Civil War?

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The following are images from various Mississippi-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Confederate lines, Vicksburg, May 19, 1863. Shows assault by US 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry (from History of Mississippi)
Image 2Map of Old Choctaw country in Mississippi before removal. (from Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians)
Image 3A Choctaw family in traditional clothing, 1908 (from Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians)
Image 4A proposed route for the de Soto Expedition, based on Charles M. Hudson map of 1997. (from History of Mississippi)
Image 5The legislature of the State of Mississippi in 1890 (from History of Mississippi)
Image 6Choctaw group in front of their cabin in 1909 (from Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians)
Image 7Mt. Zion Church state history marker near Philadelphia, Mississippi (from Freedom Summer)
Image 8Winterville Mounds, near Greenville, Mississippi (from History of Mississippi)
Image 9Before 1945, times were good when the price of cotton was above 20 cents. (from History of Mississippi)
Image 10A poster showing the members of the 1890 Mississippian state constitutional convention. The members were overwhelmingly white Democrats; the only black member was a man who was allowed into the convention for his willingness to support black disenfranchisement. (from History of Mississippi)
Image 11Battle of Brice's Crossroads (from History of Mississippi)
Image 12Holly Bluff Site, located in Yazoo County, Mississippi (from History of Mississippi)
Image 13Group of eight Choctaw and two white men in 1909 (from Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians)

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The old Grand Casino Biloxi washed ashore at Biloxi, Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina.

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Mississippi topics

Topics: Constitution - Supreme Court - History - Music

Regions: Golden Triangle - Mississippi Plain - Mississippi Delta - Mississippi Gulf Coast - Natchez District - Pine Belt - Tennessee Valley

Cities: Biloxi - Clarksdale - Clinton - Columbus - Greenville - Gulfport - Hattiesburg - Jackson - Meridian - Olive Branch - Pascagoula - Pearl - Ridgeland - Southaven - Starkville - Tupelo - Vicksburg

History: State of Mississippi

Geography: Rivers - Lakes - Mountains - National forests - Islands - Wilderness areas - Natural disasters - Parks - State Parks

Education: Elementary schools - Middle schools - High schools - UIL

People: Actors - Writers - Musicians - Native American Tribes

Industries: Agriculture - Oil

CDPs: Byram - Diamondhead - Kiln - Lyman - Pearlington - Saucier - Shoreline Park - West Hattiesburg

Metros: Gulfport‑Biloxi - Hattiesburg - Jackson - Memphis - Pascagoula

Statistics: Population

Lists: Mississippi-related lists

State symbols

Flower	Magnolia
Motto	Virtute et armis (By Valor and Arms)
Nickname	The Magnolia State
Toy	Teddy bear
Rock	Petrified wood
See:	Mississippi Symbols for more