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Celebrating Mound Bayou, Mississippi, The Oldest All-Black Town in the U.S.

Celebrating Mound Bayou, Mississippi, The Oldest All-Black Town in the U.S.

“This place was a sanctuary. If anyone wanted to lynch you, you could come here and you’d be safe.”

Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellJuly 27, 2021Black Cemeteries, Black history, Mississippi history, African Americans, Mound Bayou, Mississippi Delta, Reena Evers-Everette, Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard, Isaiah T. Montgomery, Benjamin T. Green, Medgar Evers, Magnolia Mutual