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LeRoy Percy (November 9, 1860 – December 24, 1929) was an American attorney, planter, and Democratic politician who served as a United States Senator from the state of Mississippi from 1910 to 1913. Percy was a grandson of Charles "Don Carlos" Percy.
LeRoy Percy was a wealthy plantation owner, lawyer and politician who opposed the Ku Klux Klan and supported African American rights in the Delta. He died in 1929 after the Great Flood of 1927 devastated his empire and his community.
LeRoy Percy is the rare Mississippian who may be best known for his tombstone: a bronze statue of a stoic knight in armor stands above Percy’s grave in the family cemetery in Greenville. Percy was a lawyer and levee supporter in Washington County, but he is most famous as William Alexander Percy’s father and as […]
Aug 22, 2023 · Narrator: Like his fellow planters, LeRoy Percy feared losing his black labor force. But unlike many, he believed, the best way to keep African-Americans in the Delta was to treat them fairly.
Percy ran both his law practice and plantations with a vengeance, and by the early 1900s he controlled plantations exceeding 20,000 acres. His power and prestige in the area was unparalleled....
- American Experience
Sep 18, 1994 · One issue that confronted every generation of Percys was race. Will Percy’s father, Sen. LeRoy Percy, fought a courageous battle against the Ku Klux Klan that earned him nationwide attention.
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LeRoy Percy. Percy ran both his law practice and plantations with a vengeance, and by the early 1900s he controlled plantations exceeding 20,000 acres.
