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Gilbert R. Mason Sr
Gilbert Mason, the physician who fought and went to jail to ensure beaches in Mississippi were desegregated
Until the 1950s, it was an unwritten rule for African Americans to swim at any of the local beaches in Mississippi. The police and city authorities were bent on enforcing what was non-existent in the law books. This manifested when on May 14, 1959, physician Gilbert R. Mason Sr. decided to swim at a local…
