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Mound Bayou, Mississippi. / 33.88056°N 90.72806°W / 33.88056; -90.72806. Mound Bayou is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,533 at the 2010 census, [2] down from 2,102 in 2000. It was founded as an independent black community in 1887 by former slaves led by Isaiah Montgomery.
The Mound Bayou Public School District was a public school district with its headquarters in Mound Bayou, Mississippi ( USA ). In addition to Mound Bayou, the district also served the town of Winstonville. [1] On July 1, 2014 consolidated with the North Bolivar School District in Shelby, Mississippi to form the North Bolivar Consolidated School ...
Grover Hotel in Downtown Cleveland Historic District. / 33.79°N 90.88°W / 33.79; -90.88. Bolivar County ( / ˈbɒlɪvər / BOL-i-vər) is a county located on the western border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,985. [1] Its county seats are Rosedale and Cleveland. [2]
John F. Kennedy Memorial High School was a public secondary school in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, United States, serving grades 7–12. [2] At the end of its life it was in the North Bolivar Consolidated School District, and was formerly in the Mound Bayou Public School District . Located at 204 Edwards Street, the school served students in ...
MOUND BAYOU, Miss. (AP) — The tiny, all-Black town of Mound Bayou became a safe haven for Emmett Till’s mother as she The post Emmett Till movie shown in Black town pivotal to the story ...
The North Bolivar Consolidated School District, formerly the North Bolivar School District is a public school district located in northern Bolivar County in the state of Mississippi. It is headquartered in Mound Bayou with an office in Shelby . The school district serves the towns of Mound Bayou, Shelby, Alligator, Winstonville, and Duncan.
Mound Builders. Monks Mound, built c. 950–1100 CE and located at the Cahokia Mounds UNESCO World Heritage Site near Collinsville, Illinois, is the largest pre-Columbian earthwork in America north of Mesoamerica. Many pre-Columbian cultures in North America were collectively termed " Mound Builders ", but the term has no formal meaning.
Isaiah Thornton Montgomery (May 21, 1847 – March 5, 1924) was founder of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, an all-black community. A Republican, he was a delegate to the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention and served as mayor of Mound Bayou. He participated in the 1890 Mississippi constitutional convention as a delegate from Bolivar County and ...