capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River | a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups |
a town in western Tennessee | |
a town in south central Michigan | |
a town in western Wyoming | |
7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845) | |
general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863) | |
United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885) | |
United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941) | |
United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972) | |
United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958) | |
English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936) | |