Marjorie Baroni Home ~ 503 Monroe St. Site of the home of Marjorie R. and Louis J. Baroni, who hosted scores of activists, journalists, and volunteers arriving in Natchez during the 1960-70s to help Black community members register to vote during
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Bluff City Savings Bank opened on April 11, 1906, at 119 N. Union St. It operated beside a three-story building that was built as a fire station. In addition to Dr. Banks, the bank’s founders included Dr. Albert Woods Dumas, Professor J.R.
Bold Solutions The story of Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori is one of the most remarkable and well-known stories from the Natchez-Adams County area. Born and raised in West Africa, Ibrahima was a Muslim prince who spent 40 years enslaved on the Thomas
The George F. Bowles House By Roscoe Barnes III As a child, Larry Ware Holmes was curious about the house that was built and originally owned by George F. and Laura Davis Bowles. The house was a beautiful white structure that
COMING tO Natchez Bowles was born enslaved on June 20, 1844, in Charleston, S.C. However, he acquired his freedom before the start of the Civil War. In 1863, he enlisted in the Union Army. Bowles was an educated black man who studied
Winston”s Words “Passion in all we do.” Read More Open 70 Years After working several years uptown in someone else’s barber shop Mr Jessie H. Winston decided to open his barber shop in 1942 and establishing himself as one of
Donnan’s Barber Shop: 1960s Command Post for Deacons for Defense and Justice in Natchez NATCHEZ, Miss. – In the 1960s, a crucial time for civil rights, the two-story wood-frame building at 319 North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. became a
William Johnson Known as the “barber” of Natchez, William Johnson began his life as a slave. His freedom at age eleven followed that of his mother Amy and his sister Adelia. After working as an apprentice to his brother–in–law James Miller, Johnson
The George Bowles House The George Bowles House at 13St. Catherine was one of several houses built on the hill after the 1886 demolition of the hospital. Partially visible is the parsonage of Zion Chapel A.M.E. Church.
The Barlands House The Queen Anne style house was built in the 1890’s for Walter and Alice Barland stood at 84 St. Catherine Street until it was demolished in the 1990s. The store built in the front yard survives and is typical