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In 871, during Reconstruction, Natchez elected a black mayor, Robert Wood, and an integrated board of alderman. Natchez was the only Mississippi town to elect an African American mayor during Reconstruction. At the end of the Civil War, Wood worked as a

Holy Family was built in 1894 and was the first black congregation of Catholics in Mississippi. The Holy Family Catholic Church Historic District is “arranged around Aldrich, Old D’Evereaux, St. Catherine, Abbott, and Byrne Streets in Natchez.”   The Architect/Builder was William

Henry Dumas poses on the front steps of 69 St. Catherine Street. Henry managed the Dumas Pharmacy at 707-09 Franklin Street, a building that also housed the medical practice and sanitarium of his brother Dr. Albert W. Dumas, Sr. In 1940 Dr.

The Union School (above) was the first public school built by the City of Natchez for African American students. Built in 1871 by contractor P. E. Willman, the Union School was a grand brick edifice that stood at the southeast corner of

The Dr. John Banks House at 9 St. Catherine Street was built in the Queen Anne style about 1892 and was remodeled in the Colonial Revival style after about 1905. Dr. Banks was the first African American doctor in Natchez. He graduated