Jerry Mitchell

On this day in 1961, five Black students were arrested after entering the white waiting room of the Trailways station in Albany, Georgia.

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On this day in 1968, Black Panthers leader Eldridge Cleaver fled the U.S. to avoid imprisonment on a parole violation.

On this day in 1915, William Simmons, and 15 other men burned a cross on Stone Mountain, Georgia, signaling the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan.

On this day in 1883, abolitionist and women’s rights advocate Sojourner Truth died in Battle Creek, Michigan.

The Pearl Police Department terminated a city patrol officer accused of stealing $32,000 from the home of a dying woman.

The Pearl Police Department fired patrol officer Taylor Loftin for reportedly stealing $32,000 from a dying woman's house. It's the second officer dismissed for alleged criminal conduct in less than a year.

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On this day in 1961, Ernie Davis became the first Black player to win the collegiate Heisman Trophy while a running back at Syracuse University.

On this day in 1961, a white mob attacked Freedom Riders trying to integrate the Greyhound white waiting room in McComb. The post On this day in 1961 appeared first on Mississippi Today .