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rN6Lw TIL the state of Mississippi did not repeal Prohibition until 1966.
VBRX8 TIL: The first black applicant to the then all white University of Mississippi was committed to an insane asylum for being crazy enough to apply (1958, Clennen King).
0dWxv TIL on 1971, the WLBT TV station in Mississippi had its license revoked for biaised coverage of the Civil Rights movement, cutting pro-Civil Rights materiel because of "Cable Trouble from New York" while allowing reporters to use racial slurs and carrying the "Citizens’ Council Forum"