Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission - Wikipedia
Wikipedia's article on the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission describes a state agency, active 1956–1973 and overseen by the governor, that fought integration by spying on civil rights activists, using economic pressure against them, and passing information on James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman to their killers. Its sealed records, ordered unsealed in 1998, revealed more than 87,000 names and are now searchable online.
