* Article on how Pearlington, Mississippi was affected by Hurricane Katrina

Article 4 states: " The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.

While that dispute continued, Spain used its new control of Florida to block American access to the Mississippi, in defiance of Article 8.

Article 14 allowed for some Choctaw to remain in the state of Mississippi, if they wanted to become citizens:

In addition, he believed that Article XIV would be honored and allow the Choctaw to keep some reserves in Mississippi.

* Article on the closing of Mississippi Nights

The elected office of the State Treasurer was created under Article 5, Section 134, of the Mississippi Constitution.

Seven states ( Texas, Maryland, Mississippi, ( Article XIV, Section 265 ), North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas 19 Section 1, and Tennessee ) do include language in their constitutions requiring state officeholders to have particular religious beliefs ; additionally, one state ( Pennsylvania Article 1 Section 4 ) specifically protects officeholders with religious belief but is silent on whether those without such beliefs are also protected.

Initiative # 26 would amend the Mississippi Constitution to define the word “ person ” or “ persons ”, as those terms are used in Article III of the state constitution, to include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the functional equivalent thereof.

* Article at Mississippi Writers ' Page

On June 24, 1977, MPTA-098 was delivered by Rockwell International to the National Space Technology Laboratory ( NSTL ), in Hancock County, Mississippi, where it was mated with the Main Propulsion Test Article External Tank ( MPTA-ET ), mounted in a launch orientation and used for static engine tests.

Article 14 allowed for nearly 1, 300 Choctaws to remain in the state of Mississippi and to become the first major non-European ethnic group to become U. S. citizens.

On October 12, 1820, Audubon started into Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida in search of ornithological specimens.

University Press of Mississippi, 2006. page 12.

* September 12 – Francis Howell High School ( Howell Institute ) in St. Charles, Missouri, and Stephen F. Austin High School in Austin, Texas open on the same day, putting them in a tie for the title of the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River.

** In the second day of violent demonstrations at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi, state law enforcement officers fire into the demonstrators, killing 2 and injuring 12.

Smith was born on May 12, 1914 in Ferriday in Concordia Parish in eastern Louisiana near Natchez, Mississippi, to Howard K. Smith, a nightwatchman descended from a poor but " gentleman-farming " family in Lettsworth in Pointe Coupee Parish north of Baton Rouge, and the former Minnie Gates, the daughter of a Cajun riverboat pilot.

Some 87 percent of National Forest land lies west of the Mississippi River ; Alaska alone accounts for 12 percent of all National Forest land.

On April 12, 1864, General Forrest led his forces in the attack and capture of Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River in Henning, Tennessee.

In a speech given in Senatobia, Mississippi on August 12, 1955, he said: " On May 17, 1954, the Constitution of the United States was destroyed because of the Supreme Court's decision.

# Mississippi ( February 12, 1948 )

Covers, and portions of 12 states bordering the Mississippi River.

“ Come Back to the Locker Room Ag ’ in, Brick Honey !”, Mississippi Quarterly: The Journal of Southern Culture 48: 4 ( Fall 1995 ): 701 – 12.

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In addition to Womad and the Gloucester show, the Sensational Space Shifters are scheduled for the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi on August 10 – 12.

For the next 12 years, he was in charge of what the Engineer Department called " the Mississippi and Lake defenses in Louisiana.

Marion is located less than 1 hour from no less than 12 Arkansas, Tennessee or Mississippi State Parks.

It is located on the east bank of the Mississippi River, approximately 12 miles south of Baton Rouge.

This small, isolated, primarily Roman Catholic settlement came into existence in the mid-19th century, and encompassed for the most part the S / 2 of Section 12, all of Section 13, the E / 2 of Section 14, and the NE / 4 of Section 24 all of T7S-R9W, Jackson County, Mississippi.

Henry Jackson Jr. ( December 12, 1912, Columbus, Mississippi – October 22, 1988, Los Angeles, California ) was an American professional boxer and a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong.

A native of Columbus, Mississippi, Armstrong was born December 12, 1912 and moved as a youngster with his family to St. Louis, Missouri, where he developed his boxing skills.

To meet this need, Copiah-Lincoln Community College was organized during the summer of 1928 under the authority of Section 308, Chapter 283, of the General Laws of the State of Mississippi of 1924.

As Secretary of State he also served as Lands Commissioner of Mississippi and, in that capacity, supervised over of 16th Section commercial, residential, and timber property that had been set aside in the early 19th century to raise money for the public schools.

In his role as Attorney General Hood argued Section 124 of the Mississippi Constitution says any inmate seeking a pardon must publish their intentions 30 days in a newspaper in or near the county where the person was convicted and a on January 11, a Mississippi judge temporarily blocked the release of the 21 inmates who'd been given pardons or medical release.

* Anyone may travel on the Mississippi River and the right to do so may not be sold to or barred from anyone ( Section 29 )

Unique additions to the Mississippi Constitution include Section 7 ( denying the right of secession ), Section 12 ( explicitly permitting regulation of concealed carry weapons ) and Sections 26, 26A, and 29 ( on conditions for grand jury and bail necessitated by the War on Drugs ).

Section 101 defines Jackson, Mississippi as the state capital and states that it may not be moved absent voter approval.

Section 141 states that, if no candidate receives a majority of the popular vote, then the Mississippi House of Representatives shall choose the Governor from the two candidates with the most votes.

Section 144 states that the judicial power of the State is vested in the Mississippi Supreme Court and in such other courts as provided for in the Constitution.

Section 198A, added in 1960, declares Mississippi to be a right-to-work state ( though several other states have similar provisions, this is one of only five such provisions included in a state Constitution ).

Amendments may be made by either the Mississippi Legislature or by initiative ( Section 273 ).