Nov 13, 2009 · Earthquake causes fluvial tsunami in the Mississippi River. On February 7, 1812, the most violent of a series of earthquakes near Missouri ...

Aug 31, 2022 · Union forces waged a campaign to take the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which lay halfway between Memphis to the north and ...

Nov 9, 2009 · Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, was a Southern planter, Democratic politician and hero ...

Mar 6, 2018 · Slavery was so profitable, it sprouted more millionaires per capita in the Mississippi River valley than anywhere in the nation.

Feb 2, 2010 · Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the ...

Nov 9, 2009 · As early as 1850, South Carolina and Mississippi called for secession. By 1860, Southern politics was dominated by the idea of states' rights in ...

Mar 26, 2024 · I-35W Mississippi River Bridge collapse. Credit: Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. Bridges are among history's greatest feats ...

Jun 1, 2010 · Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force ...

Jan 14, 2010 · Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. ...

Nov 9, 2009 · Hundreds of thousands of people in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were displaced from their homes, and experts estimate that Katrina caused ...