Appreciating the Present
“But courage was growing in me too. Little by little it was getting harder and harder for me not to speak out.”
Anne Moody
Wilkinson County, MS native
In 2020...
Mississippi ranks as the state with the highest percentage of African Americans in America at a whopping 37.3% according to the 2010 census. It continues to top the list by 5 percent ahead of every other Southern state — that’s a big number in this context.
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Jackson, MS, the capital, ranks as the city with the largest population of African Americans in America at a staggering 80.1% according to the 2010 census. Furthermore, it has become more African American over the course of the decade.
It's safe to say that the population of Mississippi today looks dramatically different from the people 100 or 200 years ago. However, these aren't the only additions to Mississippi worth noting. Even since 1931, Mississippi has made significant progress and has many notable people to show for it such as...
