Crystal Springs is a city in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States.

U.S. Route 51 runs through the northwest part of Crystal Springs, intersecting Interstate 55 at the latter's Exit 72.

[2] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,862 people, 1,418 households, and 982 families residing in the city.

They acted to provide physical protection for African-American protesters who were working with the NAACP on a commercial boycott of white merchants to force integration of stores and employment, to gain jobs for African Americans at places where they were patrons.

[9] Eventually the protesters won the removal of discriminatory practices at stores and African Americans gained some jobs in these local businesses.