MERIDIAN
Lauderdale County • Mississippi Local
Incorporated on February 10, 1860
Meridian’s nickname is Queen City and its motto is “A Better Longitude On Life”. Meridian many arts organizations and historic buildings are the Riley Center, the Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian Little Theatre, and the Meridian Symphony Orchestra.
James Earl Chaney (May 30, 1943 – June 21, 1964) was one of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) civil rights workers killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan on June 21, 1964. The others were Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner from New York City.
Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner and James Chaney received a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2014.
Meridian continues to honor James Chaney, a local resident, whose life was taken in 1964 for promoting the constitutional and civil rights of local area citizens, by renaming a portion of 49th Avenue after him and holding an annual memorial service.
Jimmie Rodgers, the “Father of Country Music”, was born in Meridian. Highland Park houses a museum which displays memorabilia of his life and career.
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