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Mound Bayou
Mound Bayou, MS
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| Mr. Milburn Crowe tells the group the story of Mound Bayou,
how it was found by slaves and remained a black-owned town
with a unique history. |
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| This large wooden sculpture on Mound Bayou City Hall celebrates
black achievement. |
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| Comments |
| "I hadn't the faintest idea that such
a thing "a black owned town" existed. Mound Bayou
was one of the most enigmatic places we visited, because
it was cut off from everything I knew (or thought I knew,
or had recently learned) about the south." -Kate Fiorucci |
| "Mound Bayou is proof, for those who
need it, that blacks are perfectly capable of responsibility
for leadership and for government. ...again we heard about
the vote on the state flag, the result of which would be
known that night." -Student |
| "Mound Bayou provided for blacks a physical
sanctuary, but it also instilled in its residents a sense
of racial pride." -Reem Assil |
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Milburn Crowe and student
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