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1964
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January 22
- Hundreds participate in the Freedom Day march in downtown Hattiesburg demanding equal voting rights for blacks
June
- Freedom Summer, a civil rights campaign, began
October 22
- A 5.3 kiloton nuclear device was detonated underground at the Tatum Salt Dome, about 20 miles southwest of Hattiesburg