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The Biloxi wade-ins were three protests that were conducted by local African Americans on the beaches of Biloxi, Mississippi between 1959 and 1963, during the civil rights movement. The demonstrations were led by Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr. in an effort to desegregate the city's 26 mi (42 km) of beaches on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This was a local effort, without involvement from the state or national NAACP.

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rdfs:label	Biloxi wade-ins (en) Promenades de Biloxi (fr)
rdfs:comment	The Biloxi wade-ins were three protests that were conducted by local African Americans on the beaches of Biloxi, Mississippi between 1959 and 1963, during the civil rights movement. The demonstrations were led by Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr. in an effort to desegregate the city's 26 mi (42 km) of beaches on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This was a local effort, without involvement from the state or national NAACP. (en) Les promenades de Biloxi (en anglais : Biloxi wade-ins) sont trois manifestations qui se sont produites entre 1959 et 1963 sur les plages de Biloxi, au Mississippi. Les manifestations sont menées par le docteur Gilbert R. Mason dans le but de déségréger les plages de la côte du golfe du Mississippi. Les propriétaires revendiquaient en effet que les plages étaient des propriétés privées, bien que ces plages aient été aménagées par le Corps des ingénieurs de l'armée des États-Unis en utilisant les fonds des contribuables. Les Afro-Américains étaient empêchés d'accéder aux zones du front de mer. (fr)
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has abstract	The Biloxi wade-ins were three protests that were conducted by local African Americans on the beaches of Biloxi, Mississippi between 1959 and 1963, during the civil rights movement. The demonstrations were led by Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr. in an effort to desegregate the city's 26 mi (42 km) of beaches on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This was a local effort, without involvement from the state or national NAACP. Before the beaches were desegregated, adjacent homeowners claimed the beaches as private property. However, Mason and his supporters noted that the beaches had been built in a major project completed in 1953 by the Army Corps of Engineers using taxpayer funds, and so thought they should be public and available to all. The new beaches had increased tourist traffic to the Biloxi area, strengthening the local economy. The effort by local authorities to maintain segregation was supported by actions of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, a state agency founded in 1956. It used its extensive investigative powers to spy on citizens and plan economic retaliation against those who were civil rights activists or suspected of being so. These activities were secret for many decades; the commission's records were sealed until 1998. The police stood by in Biloxi at the beach on April 24, 1960, as white mobs attacked black beachgoers, including elderly men, and women and children, and as whites attacked blacks throughout the city into the evening. Ten times as many blacks were arrested as whites during the day, including an injured Mason. The mayor imposed a curfew and finally ordered officers to suppress the violence. In response, African Americans in Biloxi formed a local chapter of the NAACP that week. That year they also conducted an extensive voter registration drive, seeking to get past the state-established barriers of poll taxes and subjective literacy tests. They conducted another wade-in in 1963, which was protected this time by the police, as state delays had prevented a court hearing at that point. In 1967, the federal court of appeals ruled in the black residents favor, determining that the beaches were public and therefore accessible by all. (en) Les promenades de Biloxi (en anglais : Biloxi wade-ins) sont trois manifestations qui se sont produites entre 1959 et 1963 sur les plages de Biloxi, au Mississippi. Les manifestations sont menées par le docteur Gilbert R. Mason dans le but de déségréger les plages de la côte du golfe du Mississippi. Les propriétaires revendiquaient en effet que les plages étaient des propriétés privées, bien que ces plages aient été aménagées par le Corps des ingénieurs de l'armée des États-Unis en utilisant les fonds des contribuables. Les Afro-Américains étaient empêchés d'accéder aux zones du front de mer. La Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission a soutenu la ségrégation des plages. (fr)
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