Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi SR120: Commemorate Clinton Massacre on 150th Anniversary of the tragedy and remember the lives lost.
Status: Passed both chambers, March 25, 2025
A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND HONORING THE LIVES OF ALL WHO WERE LOST IN THE CLINTON MASSACRE ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1875, AND THE DAYS AND WEEKS THAT FOLLOWED, UPON THE OCCASION OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRAGEDY.
What the bill says
A resolution recognizing and honoring the lives of all who were lost in the clinton massacre on september 4, 1875, and the days and weeks that followed, upon the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the tragedy.
From the engrossed text:
A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND HONORING THE LIVES OF ALL WHO WERE LOST IN THE CLINTON MASSACRE ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1875, AND THE DAYS AND WEEKS THAT FOLLOWED, UPON THE OCCASION OF THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRAGEDY. WHEREAS, the 150th Anniversary of the Clinton Massacre occurred on September 4, 2025, years since the beginning of a dreadful period of time when African Americans from Clinton, Mississippi, and the surrounding towns were murdered for exercising their rights to vote and engaging in the political process, leading to the numerous lives being lost in the aftermath of that day and the effective end of Reconstruction in Mississippi; and WHEREAS, African American males in Mississippi, most of whom had joined President Abraham Lincoln's Republican Party, first began voting in 1867 by electing candidates to the Constitutional Convention of 1868; and WHEREAS, by 1875, African American males had experienced eight years of suffrage, and September 4 of that year held the promise of continuing the incorporation of freedmen within the state's political process, so Republicans planned political rallies that day at Utica and Clinton in Hinds County and at Vernon in nearby Madison County; and WHEREAS, families of African American Republicans gathered at Moss Hill, the site of a former plantation in Clinton destroyed by Union troops during the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863, and …
Sponsors
- Frazier, Hillman Terome (D, 27) · primary sponsor
- Blount, David (D, 29)
- John Horhn (D)
- Norwood, Sollie B. (D, 28)
- Blackmon, Lawrence (D, 57)
- Sarita Simmons (D, 13)
Latest actions
- : Adopted
- : Title Suff Do Be Adopted
- : Referred To Rules
Votes
- Adopted (March 31, 2026): 52 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Conference Report Adopted (March 25, 2025): 110 yea, 2 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SR120?
- SR120 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Commemorate Clinton Massacre on 150th Anniversary of the tragedy and remember the lives lost.
- What does SR120 do?
- In its own words: A resolution recognizing and honoring the lives of all who were lost in the clinton massacre on september 4, 1875, and the days and weeks that followed, upon the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the tragedy.
- What is the status of SR120?
- Passed both chambers as of March 25, 2025. Latest action: Adopted (March 25, 2025).
- Who sponsored SR120?
- Frazier, Hillman Terome (D, 27), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SR120?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/SR/SR0120.xml
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