Mississippi Studies Chapter 9 Who Am I?

Martin S. Conner

As governor of Mississippi, I managed the state budget during the Great Depression by using a general sales tax.

Thomas L. Bailey

Elected governor in 1943, I helped farmers by establishing the Agricultural and Industrial Board and the Mississippi Marketing Commission and by promoting farm-to-market roads.

Nellah Massey Bailey

I became the first female Mississippian elected to statewide office.

L. O. Crosby Sr.

I discovered a process by which resin could be extracted from stumps left behind by the lumber industry and used to make creosote.

Hugh L. White

I established the Balance Agriculture with Industry program in Mississippi. I worked to draw industry to the state to stimulate the economy.

William H. Mason

I invented fiberboard and opened a factory to produce this new product, which grew to become a major industry in Mississippi.

Emmett Till

I was murdered while visiting relatives in Mississippi in the summer of 1955.

Aaron Henry

I was president of the Mississippi chapter of the NAACP in 1959 and was active in the formation of several civil rights organizations in Mississippi.

Dr. T. R. M. Howard

I worked to gather information on the Emmett Till murder.

Adelbert Ames

My governor's portrait in my Union army uniform still hangs in the Hall of Governors in the Mississippi State Capitol, despite a demand in the 1950s for its removal.