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The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission (also called the Sov-Com) was a state agency in Mississippi from 1956 to 1977 tasked with fighting desegregation and controlling civil rights activism. It was overseen by the Governor of Mississippi. The stated objective of the commission was to "[...] protect the sovereignty of the state of Mississippi, and her sister states" from "encroachment thereon by the Federal Government". It coordinated activities to portray the state and racial segregation in a more positive light. Serving governors and lieutenant governors of Mississippi were ex officio members of the commission. The Sovereignty Commission spied on and conspired against civil rights activists and organized pressure and economic oppression of those who supported the civil rights moveme

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rdfs:label	Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission (fr) Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission (en)
rdfs:comment	La Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission (en français : Commission pour la souveraineté de l'État du Mississippi) est une agence de l'État dirigée par le gouverneur du Mississippi entre 1956 et 1977 afin de lutter contre le mouvement des droits civiques et pour maintenir la ségrégation. Elle est initialement créée pour coordonner les activités de relations publiques de l'État et présenter les lois sur la ségrégation raciale qui y sont en vigueur sous un jour plus favorable. (fr) The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission (also called the Sov-Com) was a state agency in Mississippi from 1956 to 1977 tasked with fighting desegregation and controlling civil rights activism. It was overseen by the Governor of Mississippi. The stated objective of the commission was to "[...] protect the sovereignty of the state of Mississippi, and her sister states" from "encroachment thereon by the Federal Government". It coordinated activities to portray the state and racial segregation in a more positive light. Serving governors and lieutenant governors of Mississippi were ex officio members of the commission. The Sovereignty Commission spied on and conspired against civil rights activists and organized pressure and economic oppression of those who supported the civil rights moveme (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Basic Books Bill Waller List of Independent Lens films Paul B. Johnson Jr. University Press of Mississippi De facto Vanderbilt University Press Political repression Congress of Racial Equality Medgar Evers Louisiana State Sovereignty Commission Robert B. Patterson Civil rights movement Cliff Finch Education segregation in Mississippi Freedom Summer Mississippi Mississippi Attorney General Mississippi Department of Archives and History Mississippi Highway Patrol Mississippi House of Representatives Mississippi State Capitol Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner 1977 disestablishments in Mississippi History of African-American civil rights Andrew Goodman (activist) Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi States' rights State agencies of Mississippi Public relations Maurice L. Malone Byron De La Beckwith African-American history of Mississippi Government agencies established in 1956 Secret police William F. Winter William H. Barbour Jr. African-American Alfred A. Knopf American Civil Liberties Union Alabama State Sovereignty Commission School segregation in the United States White nationalism in the United States Anti-communist organizations in the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal government of the United States Flora, Mississippi Forest, Mississippi Florida Legislative Investigation Committee James Chaney James Farmer James P. Coleman Jim Crow laws History of racism in Mississippi Cocking affair 1956 establishments in Mississippi Neo-Confederate organizations Government agencies disestablished in 1977 Philadelphia, Mississippi Hugh Boren Intelligence Michael Schwerner

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