Mound Bayou flourished between 1907 and 1915 as a railroad hub, enabling it to reach 8,000 people by 1911. A dramatic decline occurred during the Great Migration (1915-1930) ...

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202 Martin L. King Drive, Mound Bayou, MS 38762. Nearby Schools. Hayes Cooper Center for Math Sc Tec. 500 Martin L. King, Merigold, MS 38759 (2 miles) Northside High School.

Herman Johnson, Jr., director of the Mound Bayou Museum in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. He points to a 1955 photo display in the museum of Mamie Till, Cong. Charles Diggs, Dr. T.R.M. Howard and ...

Mound Bayou, Mississippi, is a historic all-Black town founded in 1887 by formerly enslaved Black people who created a thriving haven for thousands of Black Americans during the Jim Crow era.