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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of a burning wooden cross wrapped in burlap and leaned against a tree, Forest, Mississippi, 1965 May 5

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Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission

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Cross burningClassified by the Sovereignty Commission as Integration OrganizationsThe Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

Record Contributed By

Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Burlap
  2. Crosses
  3. Forest
  4. Forest (Miss.)
  5. Hate Crimes
  6. History
  7. Mississippi
  8. Race Relations
  9. Trees
  10. Wire

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