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Kemper County, Mississippi

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living together, 20.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.70% were non-families. 26.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.11.
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went to Scooba with militia to establish control. He left a force of 20 there commanded by Adjutant General Fridge and returned to the state capital on the evening of December 27. That day the body of another murdered African-American man was found in the woods, bringing the total killed in Scooba to
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By the end of the day on December 26, white men in Scooba had killed another five black men. The county sheriff arrested several whites for these murders, and called for the state militia to go to Scooba. "All the men killed at Scooba today are said to be innocent of any crime, having been shot down
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The peak of population in the rural county was in 1930. Mechanization of agriculture decreased the need for farm labor. From 1940 to 1970, the population declined markedly, as may be seen on the table below, as people moved to other areas for work. This was also the period of the second wave of the
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In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.40% under the age of 18, 12.50% from 18 to 24, 25.20% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 15.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and
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Whites worried about blacks gathering to take revenge at Wahalak, where they had already been abused by lynchings. Local authorities called for state militia. Their commanding officer took his troops away from Wahalak, although there was still unrest, because he felt they were not being treated
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Not satisfied with the punishment of this man, the whites immediately set out to strike terror into the negroes, who had been getting defiant of late. They found two sons of Simpson and lynched them, filling their bodies with bullets. Two other negroes who had behaved defiantly were treated in
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In the wake of the county's founding, Abel Mastin Key served as the first circuit clerk. Land in the area was developed in the 19th century by white planters for cotton cultivation using enslaved African Americans. Blacks have comprised the majority of the county population since before the
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The Kemper Project was scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2016, more than two years behind schedule. Its cost increased to $ 6.6 billion—three times original cost estimate. As of February 2017, the project was still not in service, and the cost had increased to $ 7.1 billion.
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or tenant farmers. Often illiterate, many of the sharecroppers were at a disadvantage in the annual accounting that was done by the landowners. Sometimes the planters had grocery stores on their property and required the sharecroppers to buy all their goods there, adding to their debt.
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merely as a matter of revenge by the rough whites." There had been a conflict on another train, in which a black man mortally shot a conductor, George Harrison. The yardmaster shot and killed the African American. The rioting by whites in Scooba started after Harrison died. Governor
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Beginning in late December 1906, there were several days of racial terror in the county. After violent incidents on the railroad between conductors and black passengers, whites attacked blacks at the rural towns of
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The county is governed by a five-member elected Board of Supervisors, who are elected from single-member districts. The County Sheriff, Chancery Clerk, Circuit Clerk, and Tax Assessor are also elected to office.
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train. The conductor was cut, and he fatally shot two black men. George Simpson, another African American thought to be involved, escaped from the train. When captured in Wahalak by a posse, he killed a white
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was 14 people per square mile (5.4 people/km). There were 4,533 housing units at an average density of 6 units per square mile (2.3 units/km). The racial makeup of the county was 58.13%
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counties had 29 and 48 lynchings, respectively, in this period. This form of racial terrorism was at its height in the decades around the turn of the 20th century, which followed the state's
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The median income for a household in the county was $ 23,998, and the median income for a family was $ 30,248. Males had a median income of $ 24,431 versus $ 18,199 for females. The
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Kemper County generally votes for candidates of the Democratic Party; the Republican presidential nominee has won it only four times in the past century.
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William H. Frey, "The New Great Migration: Black Americans' Return to the South, 1965–2000", The Brookings Institution, May 2004, pp. 1–3
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In 1934, three African-American suspects in Kemper County were repeatedly whipped in order to force them to confess to murder. In
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plant in Kemper County to be financed by electricity customers in twenty-three southeastern Mississippi counties being served by
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occurred, the murder by a mob of a judge, his children, and two of their friends while they were in protective custody in jail.
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system. The main campus of EMCC, including the college system's administrative headquarters, is in the Scooba Campus in
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In 1890, blacks made up the majority of the county' population: 10,084 blacks to 7,845 whites. They generally worked as
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There were 3,909 households, out of which 32.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.70% were
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for the county was $ 11,985. About 21.20% of families and 26.00% of the population were below the
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of 2000, there were 10,453 people, 3,909 households, and 2,787 families living in the county. The
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and to suppress their voting. In the period from 1877 to 1950, Kemper County had 24 documented
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Kemper County, Mississippi
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United States presidential election results for Kemper County, Mississippi
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Robert Lowry and Andrew McCardle, Chapter XXXVIII: "Kemper County"
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Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Inc.
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of the Fourteenth Amendment, and were inadmissible at trial.
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Dark Journey: Black Mississippians in the Age of Jim Crow
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in 1890 through creating barriers to voter registration.
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The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States
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Racially motivated violence against African Americans
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Retrieved on March 1, 2011. 946: 4515:Riots and civil disorder in Mississippi 2574:, The December 28, 1906; March 20, 2017 2357: 296: 286: 248: 227: 198: 178: 158: 122: 87: 57: 41: 2559: 2557: 2540: 2538: 2536: 2534: 2532: 2530: 2440:Goldenberg, Suzanne (March 12, 2014). 627: 2498: 2496: 2090:Mississippi Public Service Commission 1236: 1231: 1226: 1223: 265: 240: 232: 219: 211: 203: 190: 166: 140: 72: 7: 4490:County in Meridian micropolitan area 4485:Populated places established in 1833 3046: 2278:Mississippi House of Representatives 16:County in Mississippi, United States 2755:from the original on March 27, 2010 1092:, 0.1% of some other race and 0.7% 216:766 sq mi (1,980 km) 208:767 sq mi (1,990 km) 4480:1833 establishments in Mississippi 3167:Municipalities and communities of 2975:Patel, Sonal (February 23, 2017). 2923:. yallpolitics.com. March 28, 2013 2882:East Mississippi Community College 2466:Lane, Mrs. Julian C. (June 2009). 2242:, 28th Lt. Governor of Mississippi 1197:East Mississippi Community College 617: 365:East Mississippi Community College 342:. The county is named in honor of 80:Mississippi's location within the 65:Location within the U.S. state of 14: 2994:Kemper County Courthouse Pictures 948:Kemper County Racial Composition 417:disenfranchisement of most blacks 395:After the American Civil War and 4520:History of racism in Mississippi 4411: 3108: 3091: 3083: 3066: 2701:. University of Virginia Library 2326: 2289:, professional basketball player 555: 545: 535: 525: 334:, the population was 8,988. Its 146: 129: 74: 59: 43: 3342:Mississippi Choctaw Reservation 2942:Amy, Jeff (December 17, 2015). 2775:"State & County QuickFacts" 2748:. United States Census Bureau. 2118:, who favored a less-expensive 2092:approved the construction of a 2257:, professional baseball player 1164:over, there were 88.30 males. 405:lynchings of African Americans 1: 3109: 3067: 2723:. United States Census Bureau 2679:. 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(1990). 2175:Unincorporated communities 2081: 448:Mobile & Ohio Railroad 349:The county is part of the 4407: 3427: 3361: 3221: 3181: 3044: 2101:Mississippi Power Company 1258: 1255: 1252: 1249: 1246: 1078:Black or African American 1074:2010 United States Census 1062:2020 United States Census 978:Black or African American 931: 918: 903: 888: 873: 858: 843: 828: 813: 798: 783: 768: 753: 738: 723: 708: 693: 678: 663: 648: 633: 626: 621: 616: 613: 88: 73: 58: 42: 33: 4525:Black Belt (U.S. region) 2282:Mississippi State Senate 2265:Mississippi State Senate 2153:Census-designated places 2677:"U.S. Decennial Census" 2469:Key and Allied Families 2416:Gannett, Henry (1905). 1184:Public school districts 4495:Counties of Appalachia 4418:Mississippi portal 3229: 3100:Sumter County, Alabama 2614:June 17, 2013, at the 2522:A History/ Mississippi 579:Sumter County, Alabama 561:Mississippi Highway 39 551:Mississippi Highway 21 541:Mississippi Highway 16 471: 377:Mississippi Highway 16 288:Congressional district 245:12/sq mi (4.5/km) 3227: 3004:Kemper County Sheriff 2826:"U.S. Census website" 2801:"Explore Census Data" 2635:on September 28, 2013 2306:United States Senator 932:U.S. Decennial Census 609:Historical population 466: 371:, at the junction of 268: • Summer ( 21:County in Mississippi 4470:Mississippi counties 3484:Lieutenant governors 3374:United States portal 2078:Electric power plant 1094:of two or more races 489:Brown v. 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Stennis 2287:Devonta Pollard 2261:Sampson Jackson 2236: 2219: 2177: 2155: 2137: 2132: 2110:State Chairman 2086: 2080: 1209: 1186: 1181: 1157:married couples 1130:Native American 1106: 1100:(of any race). 1086:Native American 1070: 991:Native American 945: 935: 933: 622: 606: 569: 531:U.S. Highway 45 522: 510: 502:Great Migration 458:As reported by 385: 301: 267: 147: 145: 130: 128: 127: 112: 110: 108:32.76°N 88.65°W 106: 103: 98: 95: 93: 91: 90: 84: 69: 54: 38: 29: 22: 17: 12: 11: 5: 4543: 4541: 4533: 4532: 4527: 4522: 4517: 4512: 4507: 4502: 4497: 4492: 4487: 4482: 4477: 4472: 4462: 4461: 4423: 4422: 4408: 4405: 4404: 4402: 4401: 4396: 4391: 4386: 4381: 4376: 4371: 4366: 4361: 4356: 4351: 4346: 4341: 4336: 4331: 4326: 4321: 4316: 4311: 4306: 4301: 4296: 4291: 4286: 4281: 4276: 4271: 4266: 4261: 4256: 4251: 4246: 4241: 4236: 4231: 4226: 4221: 4216: 4211: 4206: 4201: 4196: 4191: 4186: 4181: 4176: 4171: 4166: 4161: 4156: 4151: 4146: 4141: 4136: 4131: 4126: 4121: 4116: 4111: 4106: 4101: 4096: 4091: 4086: 4081: 4076: 4071: 4066: 4061: 4056: 4051: 4046: 4041: 4036: 4031: 4026: 4021: 4016: 4011: 4006: 4001: 3996: 3990: 3988: 3982: 3981: 3979: 3978: 3973: 3968: 3963: 3958: 3953: 3948: 3943: 3938: 3933: 3928: 3923: 3921:Pass Christian 3918: 3913: 3908: 3903: 3898: 3893: 3888: 3883: 3878: 3873: 3868: 3863: 3858: 3853: 3848: 3843: 3838: 3833: 3828: 3823: 3818: 3813: 3808: 3803: 3798: 3793: 3788: 3783: 3778: 3773: 3768: 3763: 3758: 3752: 3750: 3748:Smaller cities 3744: 3743: 3741: 3740: 3735: 3730: 3724: 3722: 3716: 3715: 3713: 3712: 3707: 3702: 3697: 3692: 3686: 3684: 3678: 3677: 3675: 3674: 3669: 3664: 3659: 3654: 3649: 3644: 3639: 3633: 3631: 3625: 3624: 3622: 3621: 3616: 3614:Mississippians 3611: 3606: 3605: 3604: 3599: 3594: 3584: 3579: 3574: 3569: 3564: 3559: 3554: 3549: 3543: 3541: 3537: 3536: 3534: 3533: 3528: 3523: 3518: 3513: 3508: 3507: 3506: 3498: 3493: 3492: 3491: 3486: 3481: 3476: 3468: 3463: 3462: 3461: 3459:Climate change 3451: 3445: 3443: 3437: 3436: 3428: 3425: 3424: 3415: 3413: 3412: 3405: 3398: 3390: 3381: 3380: 3378: 3377: 3370: 3362: 3359: 3358: 3355: 3353: 3349: 3348: 3346: 3345: 3338: 3336: 3330: 3329: 3327: 3326: 3321: 3315: 3313: 3307: 3306: 3304: 3303: 3298: 3293: 3288: 3283: 3278: 3276:Electric Mills 3273: 3267: 3265: 3257: 3256: 3254: 3253: 3248: 3241: 3239: 3233: 3232: 3222: 3220: 3218: 3217: 3212: 3206: 3204: 3198: 3197: 3182: 3179: 3178: 3166: 3164: 3163: 3156: 3149: 3141: 3132: 3131: 3127: 3126: 3124: 3119: 3116: 3115: 3113: 3106: 3103: 3102: 3097: 3082: 3080: 3078:Neshoba County 3074: 3073: 3071: 3064: 3061: 3060: 3058: 3056:Noxubee County 3053: 3051:Winston County 3045: 3042: 3041: 3038: 3036: 3035: 3028: 3021: 3013: 3007: 3006: 3001: 2996: 2989: 2988:External links 2986: 2983: 2982: 2967: 2953: 2948:Clarion-Ledger 2934: 2912: 2886: 2862: 2842: 2817: 2792: 2766: 2734: 2712: 2690: 2668: 2646: 2620: 2601: 2594: 2576: 2570:(front page), 2553: 2549:New York Times 2526: 2510: 2492: 2478: 2458: 2429: 2408: 2382: 2356: 2355: 2353: 2350: 2349: 2348: 2338: 2337: 2322: 2321: 2314: 2311: 2310: 2309: 2299: 2290: 2284: 2274:John J. Pettus 2271: 2267:, was born in 2258: 2252: 2243: 2235: 2232: 2231: 2230: 2225: 2218: 2215: 2214: 2213: 2208: 2203: 2198: 2193: 2188: 2186:Electric Mills 2183: 2176: 2173: 2172: 2171: 2166: 2163:Neshoba County 2154: 2151: 2150: 2149: 2144: 2136: 2133: 2131: 2128: 2084:Kemper Project 2082:Main article: 2079: 2076: 2073: 2072: 2069: 2066: 2061: 2058: 2055: 2052: 2044: 2043: 2040: 2037: 2032: 2029: 2026: 2023: 2015: 2014: 2011: 2008: 2003: 2000: 1997: 1994: 1986: 1985: 1982: 1979: 1974: 1971: 1968: 1965: 1957: 1956: 1953: 1950: 1945: 1942: 1939: 1936: 1928: 1927: 1924: 1921: 1916: 1913: 1910: 1907: 1899: 1898: 1895: 1892: 1887: 1884: 1881: 1878: 1870: 1869: 1866: 1863: 1858: 1855: 1852: 1849: 1841: 1840: 1837: 1834: 1829: 1826: 1823: 1820: 1812: 1811: 1806: 1803: 1800: 1797: 1794: 1791: 1783: 1782: 1779: 1776: 1771: 1768: 1765: 1762: 1754: 1753: 1750: 1747: 1742: 1739: 1736: 1733: 1725: 1724: 1721: 1718: 1713: 1710: 1707: 1704: 1696: 1695: 1692: 1689: 1686: 1683: 1678: 1675: 1667: 1666: 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County
The Kemper Project power plant.
Kemper Project
Map of Mississippi highlighting Kemper County
Mississippi
Map of the United States highlighting Mississippi
U.S.
32°46′N 88°39′W / 32.76°N 88.65°W / 32.76; -88.65
Mississippi
Named for
Reuben Kemper
Seat
De Kalb
Time zone
UTC−6
Central
DST
UTC−5
CDT
3rd
www.kempercounty.ms
county
U.S. state
Mississippi
2020 census
county seat
De Kalb
Reuben Kemper
Meridian
Micropolitan Statistical Area

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