Saucier, Mississippi

Saucier is a census-designated place (CDP) in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States.

[5] During World War II, Axis prisoners were held at a prison-of-war camp in Saucier.

The camp closed following the war and turned into a recreation area, with only the ruins of an ammunition bunker remaining.

[6] Following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, Saucier began to implement desegregation 24 years later, one of the last towns to integrate schools.

The Ku Klux Klan requested to hold a rally on the grounds of Saucier Elementary but were denied by school board out of concern of inflaming tensions.

The Mississippi Civil Liberities Union (the ACLU) joined on behalf of the Klan, who won the lawsuit.

[7][8] Saucier is located in central Harrison County,[5] along the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railroad.

Map of Mississippi highlighting Harrison County