Historical Marker
Gov. Jimmie Davis
Quitman, Jackson County · Louisiana
Erected 2022
The second term is the part the gospel songs leave out. Davis won the Democratic runoff against deLesseps Morrison on January 9, 1960, campaigning to keep public schools segregated after Brown v. Board of Education. His administration created the Louisiana State Sovereignty Commission, which operated from 1960 to 1967 and worked against civil rights activists. His first win had come in 1944, when he took about 53.6 percent in the runoff against Lewis L. Morgan, and he took office in May of both years.
Where it stands
32.30460, -92.64863 · Directions
Worth the stop nearby
- Eddie G. Robinson Museum — 16 miA state museum in a former women's gymnasium at Grambling State University, on the 408-win coach who sent more than 200 players to the pros.
More markers nearby
- Governor Jimmie Davis — steps away
- Jimmie Davis Tabernacle — steps away
- Lincoln High School — 14 mi
- Driskill Mountain — 16 mi