MS HR11

Recognizes Frank Crump, Jr.'s lifetime accomplishments and contributions to the Civil Rights Movement upon dedication of a Mississippi State Historical Marker in Vicksburg on January 16, 2017.

Crump (born May 26, 1927) earned a bachelor's degree from Alcorn A&M College in 1951 and master's degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1978, and served as a Navy veteran and high school math teacher.

Participated in Freedom Summer of 1964 by uniting with COFO organizers to register African-American voters and was elected as one of eight delegates to the Warren County Convention of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in July 1964.

Led and participated in the 1972 Vicksburg economic boycott protesting discriminatory hiring practices and worked to challenge discriminatory pay practices for teachers; continued advocacy efforts in 1987 regarding school district inequities.

Maintained an education career spanning more than six decades, retiring in 1986 as Dean of Vocational Technical Education at Utica Junior College, and received congressional recognition in 2013 for his dedication to social justice and education.