Daily Herald

I selected the Biloxi Daily Herald Newspaper and researched how they covered the events that occured in late April of 1960. I examined ten different news stores by using these research questions.

1. Were the headlines biased against segregation, biased supporting segregation, or objective?
2. Did the majority of the stories run on page one above or below the fold?
3. Was the tone the writer used positive, negative, or neutral?
4. Were the first three paragraphs of the article positive, negative, or neutral?
5. Did the photographs presented depict violence or non-violence?

Pictures of Biloxi

Biloxi, Mississippi

Field Trip

Our class visited the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis,TN and it was a great experience for us all.

Timeline of Events

The Wade-in's, led by Dr. Gilbert R. began the opening salvo in a seies of Mississippi Gulf Coast wade-in's and law suits.

- first time successfully challenged the stats segregation laws.

Life of Gilbert R. Mason
1928- Octobert 7 Gilbert. R Mason was born in Jackson,Mississippi

1945- Mason graduated from Lanier high school- dreamed of becoming a Doctor

1949- earned his B.S. degree from Tennesse state University

1954- earned his MD from Howard Medical school.

1954- Residency at Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis,Missouri.

1955- Moved to Biloxi, MS along with his wife and new born and began his practice.

1959- May 14 - Led the first Wade-in on Biloxi's "white only" Federally funded 26 mile beach.

1960- April 20, 1960 the bloodiest wade-in took place and a lawsuit was soon filed after marking. First time a segregation type of lawsuit was filed in U.S. History.