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Mound Bayou Oil Mill & Manufacturing Company, a project of the Mississippi Negro Business League; dedicated in November 1912 by Dr Booker T Washington, with a crowd of more than 16,000 attending. |
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Bolivar County Training School built in 1919, and was for many years the only High School for Negroes in Bolivar County. |
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Dr P Moise George, long time resident physician, in front of Mound Bayou Oil Mill & Manufacturing Company. |
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The Bank of Mound Bayou was constructed entirely by Negro labor. It was one of the first Black Banks in Mississippi, organized by Charles Banks and opened 1904 in the frame structure to the left. The building has housed the offices of the Mound Bayou Oil Mill & Manufacturing Company, Headquarters of the Knights & Daughters of Tabor, Eugene P and Mary C Booze, Dr Scott H Harris, Mound Bayou Foundation, U S Post Office, and Home of the Circle Inn. |
HISTORIC HOMES IN MOUND BAYOU
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Mary was National Republican Committeewoman for many years, and daughter of I T Montgomery, a co-founder of Mound Bayou. |
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Built in 1914 and burned 1996. Fred was the Third General President of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and his wife Miriah was a daughter of B T Green, a co-founder of Mound Bayou. |
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| Eugene P and Mary C Booze Home | Fred and Miriah Miller Home |
CHURCHES IN MOUND BAYOU
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| BETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH | BEAUTIFUL NEW HOPE M B CHURCH | NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH |
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| FAMILY LIFE AND COMMUNITY CENTER CHURCH | MT OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH | KNIGHTS & DAUGHTERS OF TABOR |
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| BETHEL A M E CHURCH | ST MARK CHURCH OF GOD |
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First Baptist Church was the first brick church built in Bolivar County, Rev A A Cosey, Pastor, and was built on the site of the first church in Mound Bayou. |
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MOUND BAYOU FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH |
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