How Well Do You Know The Black History of Natchez, Mississippi?

How Well Do You Know The Black History of Natchez, Mississippi? PDF

Author: Jeremy Houston

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-12-25

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781729565933

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From the 1st Africans to be enslaved in Natchez to the 2nd Largest Slave Market in the Deep South to the burning of the Rhythm Night Club. Natchez' history is the make up of what Natchez was, is, and will be for the future. How Well Do Know The Black History Of Natchez Mississippi is a book that explains the trials, tribulations, triumphs of African Americans in Natchez from 1719-present. "To know Natchez is to understand that it has always been a tragic and magical place-- a town filled with people endowed with great charm, dignity, and tremendous sense of past. Buy or order your copy online or in bookstores.

The Deepest South of All

The Deepest South of All PDF

Author: Richard Grant

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-08-31

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1501177842

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"Natchez, Mississippi, once had more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in America, and its wealth was built on slavery and cotton. Today it has the greatest concentration of antebellum mansions in the South, and a culture full of unexpected contradictions. Prominent white families dress up in hoopskirts and Confederate uniforms for ritual celebrations of the Old South, yet Natchez is also progressive enough to elect a gay black man for mayor with 91 percent of the vote"--

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