Rare Historic Civil Rights 1957 Era Mississippi license plate

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Rare Historic Civil Rights 1957 Era Mississippi license plate. a rare relic of the civil rights struggle in mississippi. Plates like this appeared after Mississippi became associated with civil rights abuses in the 1960's. National focus had first come upon Mississippi in 1955 following the murder of 14 year old Emmet Till --- Till was said to have been 'flirting' with a white woman. A decade later after the murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner in 1964, and Viola Liuzo in '65, Mississippi became synonymous with what was wrong in America's South. Television reporting reflected a sense of national rage aimed at Mississippi. A 'push-back' from White Citizens' Committees, claiming that the state was being unfairly singled out, started to produce things like this license plate and other anti-civil rights propaganda. Heavy steel plate in great shape for its age . Please see my other items listed thanks for looking.