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	Sunflower County, Mississippi detailed profile - houses, real estate, agriculture, wages, work, ancestries, and more
		County population in 2005: 32,311 (64% urban, 36% rural)
		Sunflower County, Mississippi business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...
		Sunflower County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Mississippi state average.
	www.city-data.com /county/Sunflower_County-MS.html (1256 words)

	Improvement of Housing in the Mississippi Delta
		The county's population dropped by 5.7 percent from 34,844 in 1980 to 32,867 in 1990.
		Sunflower County also had an unemployment rate at 13.1 in 1995, one of the highest in among all the Delta counties in the state.
		Visitors to the county are often greeted by the quintessential Delta vista of a panoply of white undulating cotton fields dotted with the bright red of mechanical cottonpickers.
	www.ruralhome.org /pubs/hsganalysis/delta/delta.htm (2542 words)

	Sunflower County, Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sunflower County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.
		Sunflower County is the longest county in Mississippi.
		In the county the population was spread out with 27.90% under the age of 18, 14.00% from 18 to 24, 30.30% from 25 to 44, 18.10% from 45 to 64, and 9.70% who were 65 years of age or older.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sunflower_County,_Mississippi (508 words)

	EPA: Pesticides - Pesticide Use Limitations for Sunflower County, Mississippi
		It is currently known from 19 populations in Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
		A recently discovered population was found in Ripley County, Missouri on land that is mostly owned by the Missouri Department of Conservation and the Nature Conservancy.
		In Mississippi, pondberry is found in Sharkey County within a natural research area administered by the Forest Service, and in Sunflower County on private land.
	www.epa.gov /espp/mississi/sunflow.htm (335 words)

	Let the People Decide: Black Freedom and White Resistance Movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, 1945-1986, by J. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In Sunflower County in the early part of the twentieth century, according to anthropologist Hortense Powdermaker, "when a white man kills a Negro, it is hardly considered murder.
		The sheriff of Sunflower County arrested Woods Eastland in September 1904 and charged him with "having caused Luther Holbert and wife to be burned at the stake." The state hinted that it would prosecute the case vigorously, and Eastland assembled a team of attorneys led by Anselm J. McLaurin.
		Charles McLaurin, the civil rights worker whose report on Sunflower County referred to Doddsville as the place where "many years ago the burning of Negroes was a Sunday spectacle," moved to Sunflower County in 1962 explicitly to bring attention to injustices in Eastland's backyard.
	uncpress.unc.edu /chapters/moye_let.html (6267 words)

	Sunflower County Economic Development District
		In the heart of the Mississippi Delta, Sunflower County is served by major transportation routes, leading to the country’s fastest-growing markets by highway, air, river and rail.
		Within Sunflower County are the Indianola Municipal Airport with a 7400-foot lighted runway and the Drew-Ruleville Airport, which maintains a lighted, 3,000 X 60-foot runway with charter service available.
		The northern portion of the County, containing Ruleville and Drew, is within close proximity, less than 30 miles, of the Port of Rosedale, which consists of over three miles of protected channel with a nine-foot minimum depth.
	www.sunflowercountyedd.com /transportation.html (250 words)

	Family Group: Edward Frank Bowen and Cora Jarvis
		Ralph Peter Bowen was born on 31 Dec 1915 in Sunflower County, Mississippi.
		Mildred Caroline Bowen was born on 28 Oct 1933 in Sunflower County, Mississippi.
		Daniel Abraham Bowen was born on 9 Oct 1936 in Sunflower County, Mississippi.
	www.angelfire.com /planet/georgiafamilies/JarvisNicholasMark986093/fam8.html (245 words)

	Dunbar on Black Books - January 2005
		This book covering the civil rights movements in Mississippi in the period from 1941 to 1986 is an eminent example of the increased attention now rightly being accorded to the African American experience in this country in the 20th century.
		It convincingly demonstrates that the social movement in Sunflower County, Mississippi is necessarily seen against the backdrop of sharecropping as a declining economic system, but an enduring social system, a mechanizing agricultural economy that increasingly marginalized undereducated African American farm workers, and massive out-migration of fls.
		The labors of persons such as Bob Moses and others in molding the fl residents of Sunflower County into voter registration activists and ultimately into developers of “freedom schools” are now reflected in an organized, credible record available to all.
	www.queenhyte.com /dobb/dobb_05/dobb_jan05.html (1264 words)

	Sunflower County, Mississippi Genealogical Records Information
		In 1871, a large portion of the eastern area of the county was taken to assist in the formation of Leflore County, and its western and southern limits were extended at the expense of Bolivar and Washington counties.
		On March 15, 1871, when a large portion of Sunflower County was cut off to form the new county of Leflore, the county seat was moved from McNutt to a new town to be called Johnsonville, at the junction of Mound Bayou with the Sunflower River.
		Sunflower County is bordered by Coahoma County (north), Tallahatchie County (northeast), Leflore County (east), Humphreys County (south), Washington County (southwest) and, Bolivar County (northwest).
	www.mymississippigenealogy.com /ms_county/sun.htm (3353 words)

	Cemeteries of Sunflower County Mississippi - Cemetery Records - Genealogy
		Cemeteries of Sunflower County Mississippi - Cemetery Records - Genealogy
		You save your family tree, work on it anytime, and print it out to give to your family.
		Deaths and Burials of Mississippi State Politicians - PoliticalGraveyard.com
	www.interment.net /us/ms/sunflower.htm (114 words)

	Mississippi Chinese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The period was a time of considerable turmoil in Mississippi as the state adjusted after the Civil War to the end of slavery and the defeat of the Confederacy.
		Since the 1960s the Chinese in Mississippi have faced the decline of their economic base as distinctive Delta groceries serving a fl clientele.
		Charles Reagan Wilson, Ph.D., is director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and professor of history and Southern studies at the University of Mississippi.
	mshistory.k12.ms.us /features/feature33/chinese.html (1854 words)

	Sunflower County Mississippi Real Estate
		Sunflower County Mississippi Real Estate is a way for consumers to find the best Real estate Agents and Brokers for every city in Sunflower County Mississippi.
		When you have been directed to an Sunflower County Mississippi real estate professional in the area you have chosen you will be able to search for your dream home and get free printouts from the MLS database in that area.
		Sunflower County Mississippi Real Estate Brokers and agents can use the many news and information pages we offer to get up to date information about the Sunflower County Mississippi real estate market.
	myhomesearches.com /county/mississippi/sunflower-county-mississippi.htm (576 words)

	Fannie Lou Hamer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was instrumental in organizing Mississippi's "Freedom Summer" for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and later became the Vice-Chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, attending the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in that capacity.
		She was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi, on October 6, 1917, the youngest of 20 children as the granddaughter of slaves.
		She ran for Congress in 1964 and 1965, and was eventually seated as a member of Mississippi's legitimate delegation to the Democratic National Convention of 1968, where she was an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fannie_Lou_Hamer (1440 words)

	Untitled Document
		Although this struggle for Black equality was fought on many different "battlefields" throughout the United States, many people described the state of Mississippi as the major "battlefield." In Mississippi Sunflower County stood out among many counties for fighting for freedom during the 1950' and 1960's.
		In Sunflower County the fight for freedom occured in many small towns and the people fighting made history.
		In Drew, Mississippi there was a family by the name of Matthew and Mae Bertha Carter.
	www.sunflowerfreedom.org /Sankofa/CityHistory.htm (479 words)

	Tolerance.org: Growing New Dreams in Sunflower County
		They are a part of the Sunflower County Freedom Project, a nonprofit organization founded in 1998 that provides academic enrichment during the summer to this rural area’s children.
		Over 40% of Sunflower County’s students scored in the lowest quartile on a state basic skills test.
		Moorhead was home to Fannie Lou Hamer, known for saying she challenged racial injustice because she was “sick and tired of being sick and tired.” Organizing and registering thousands of fl voters in Mississippi during the 1950s and 60s, Hamer was a major presence.
	www.tolerance.org /news/article_tol.jsp?id=236 (961 words)

	Amazon.ca: Let the People Decide: Black Freedom and White Resistance Movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Sunflower County was home to both James Eastland, one of the most powerful reactionaries in the U.S. Senate in the twentieth century, and Fannie Lou Hamer, the freedom-fighting sharecropper who rose to national prominence as head of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
		Sunflower was the birthplace of the Citizens' Council, the white South's pre-eminent anti-civil rights organization, but it was also a hotbed of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) organizing and a fountainhead of freedom culture.
		Arguing that the civil rights movement cannot be understood as a national monolith, Moye reframes it as the accumulation of thousands of local movements, each with specific goals and strategies.
	www.amazon.ca /Let-People-Decide-Resistance-Mississippi/dp/0807828955 (539 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2004007424 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In the middle of the Mississippi Delta lies rural, fl-majority Sunflower County.
		Using extensive oral history interviews and archival research, Moye situates the struggle for democracy in Sunflower County within the context of national developments in the civil rights movement.
		Racism -- Mississippi -- Sunflower County -- History -- 20th century.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/enhancements/fy0632/2004007424-d.html (327 words)

	Sunflower County Library
		The mission of the Sunflower County Library System is to provide resources, services and programs to stimulate ideas, promote education, and enhance personal development of our community's citizens through access to books, periodicals, databases, and the internet.
		The Sunflower County Library System is committed to preserving the history Sunflower County future generations to enjoy.
		Sunflower County Library System is funded by the Sunflower County Board of Supervisors.
	www.sunflower.lib.ms.us /sunflower/about.asp (362 words)

	Sunflower Mississippi Mortgage
		Sunflower County Mississippi is a beautiful place to live.
		We are experienced in Sunflower County Mississippi Mortgage operations and would be happy to serve you for all of your mortgage needs.
		We offer aggressive rates to those in Sunflower County and have experience with homes in price ranges consistent with the area.
	emortgageloanstore.com /statelisting/mississippi/sunflower.html (179 words)

	Mississippi State Center Wiki: Sunflower County, Mississippi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Mississippi Department of Transportation - PDF map of Sunflower county roads.
		Sunflower County Freedom Project - Inspired by the "freedom schools" of the civil rights movement, the Freedom Project offers academic enrichment, cultural activities, and leadership development for children in rural Mississippi.
		Sunflower County Freedom Project - Inspired by "freedom schools" of 1960's Civil Rights Movement, it offers academic enrichment, cultural activities, and leadership development for children of the rural Yazoo-Mississippi Delta.
	www.mississippistatecenter.com /Sunflower_County,_Mississippi (419 words)

	Sunflower County School District schools - district elementary, middle, and high school information
		In 2005-2006 Mississippi used the Mississippi Curriculum Test (MCT) to test students in grades 2 through 8 in reading, language arts and math.
		The MCT is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Mississippi.
		In 2005-2006 Mississippi used the Subject Assessment Testing Program (SATP) to test students in English II, writing, algebra I, biology I and U.S. History at the completion of each course.
	www.greatschools.net /cgi-bin/ms/district_profile/144 (606 words)

	Sunflower Co. MS
		Mississippi Cemeteries - Burial records of persons interred in Mississippi cemeteries are indexed here.
		Mississippi Birth Records - Mississippi Birth records can be searched using a first and last name from this database.
		Mississippi Adoption Registry - This is a Mississippi adoption registry database to help you run a birth parent search or an adoptee search.
	resources.rootsweb.com /USA/MS/Sunflower (544 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sunflower County , Mississippi (MS) - (county) - Facts and Information
		Sunflower, county (707 sq mi/1,831 sq km; 1990 pop.
		Indianola; 33°36'N 90°35'W. Rich lowland cotton-growing region, drained by Sunflower and Quiver rivers.
		Capital city or county seat is shown by the symbol
	reference.allrefer.com /gazetteer/S/S17350-sunflower.html (139 words)

	Sunflower County Freedom Project: Freedom School 2003
		The Freedom Project, founded in 1998, seeks to develop a corps of academically capable, socially conscious, and mentally disciplined young leaders in the Mississippi Delta.
		Through six weeks of summer enrichment and a year-round program of academic tutoring, Saturday School classes, martial arts training, and educational travel, the Freedom Project is able to provide unparalleled opportunities for its capable students.
		On June 26, first, second, and third-year Fellows will begin their summer with two weeks of day school at the LEAD Center in Sunflower County.
	www.outreach.olemiss.edu /summer/sunflower_freedom (272 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Sunflower County, Miss.
		For convenient presentation of this material, the site includes a page for each of the more than 3,000 counties in the U.S., as well as for various U.S. and foreign territories and countries.
		Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
		The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries.
	politicalgraveyard.com /geo/MS/SU.html (483 words)

	Mississippi County Map - MS Counties - Map of Mississippi
		Mississippi County Map - MS Counties - Map of Mississippi
		Information on northern, eastern southern and western Mississippi county populations and Mississippi county areas in the table below.
		Satellite Map of Mississippi Counties - Landsat Geocover 2000 Data - NASA
	county-map.digital-topo-maps.com /mississippi.shtml (61 words)

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