Mississippi History Timeline
People, places, and events that shaped Mississippi history
10,000BCE–1518CE
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1995
1995: Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of Medgar Evers, serves as chairperson of NAACP until 1998
July 1995: Oseola McCarty donates $150,000 to University of Southern Mississippi for scholarships
McCarty made her living as a laundress.
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