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# Natchez Museum Of African American Culture And History

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- [Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori (1762 – 1829)](https://www.visitnapac.net/abdul-rahman-ibrahima-sori-1762-1829/) - 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 Foster plantation just outside of Natchez, Mississippi, before he gained his freedom in
- [Marge Baroni](https://www.visitnapac.net/marge-baroni/) - 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 the country’s Civil Rights struggle. Inspired by a deep spirituality, and with the
- [Bluff City Savings](https://www.visitnapac.net/bluff-city-savings/) - 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. Ross, Professor George Washington Brumfield, Professor Samuel H. Owens, and Walton Barland.
- [The George F. Bowles House](https://www.visitnapac.net/the-george-f-bowles-house/) - 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 in such places as South Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee. While in Tennessee, he
- [George Bowles Story](https://www.visitnapac.net/george-bowles-story/) - 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 stood on a hill at 13 St. Catherine St. Holmes grew up
- [Winston Barber Shop](https://www.visitnapac.net/winston-barber-shop/) - 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 the Oldest Enterpreneurs of Natchez. Dedicated to Quality And
- [St John United Methodist Church](https://www.visitnapac.net/st-johns-united-methodist-church/) - St. John is one of the oldest African-American church buildings in Natchez. Set near the street on Martin Luther King, Jr. at the intersection of High Street, the brick church has served as a place of worship for its congregation since about 1886.
- [Mazique - West  House](https://www.visitnapac.net/mazique-town-house/) - Mazique -West House The Mazique Town House; 407 Martin Luther King St. The Mazique family-owned extensive property including Oakland Plantation and China Grove. August and Sarah Mazique, with financial support of a white neighbor, purchased China Grove Plantation in 1870, There they built their residence, grew cotton, and operated their own gin. Through hard work
- [William Johnson House](https://www.visitnapac.net/372-2/) - 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 bought the barber shop in 1830 for three hundred dollars and taught the
- [Concord Quarters](https://www.visitnapac.net/concord-quarters/) - "A blockquote highlights important information, which may or may not be an actual quote. It uses distinct styling to set it apart from other content on the page." A List Concord Quarters 1. The only freestanding slave dwelling in the state of mississippi thats listed in the national register of historic places 2. Newly developed
- [Russel House](https://www.visitnapac.net/russel-house/) - A List The Russel House Eliza Smith, An Antebellum "free woman of color," purchased property on St. Catherine Street in 1850s. Her daughters and their families built new houses on the property in the 1880s. 28 St. Catherine Street was the home of Sarah Smith Russel and her Kastor and Russell children. Son Louis Kastor
- [Bowles House](https://www.visitnapac.net/bowles-house/) - 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. African American George F. Bowles moved to
- [Barland House Site](https://www.visitnapac.net/barland-house-site/) - 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 of the small stores that were once dotted throughout the St. Catherine Street
- [Robert Smith House](https://www.visitnapac.net/robert-smith-house/) - Robert Smith House The Smith-Bontura-Evans-House, also known as Evansview[2] and as Bontura, is a historic house and business built by Robert D. Smith in Natchez, Mississippi. A free African American, Smith built the combined building for his livery business and a Greek Revival residence between 1851 and 1858.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 1978.[1] In 1977 the property
- [THE ANGELETY HOUSE](https://www.visitnapac.net/the-angelety-house/) - tHE aNGELETY hOUSE 180 St Catherine St. This Neo-Gothic cottage was occupied by the Emile Angelety family at the turn of the century. McGuire Gillespie and Odille Angelety grew up across the street from each other on St. Catherine Street and were lifelong friends. Odille never married and had a long-distinguished career as a teacher
- [RHYTHM NIGHT CLUB](https://www.visitnapac.net/rhythm-night-club/) - Photo Retouching Our Portfolio On April 23,1940, a large number of the African American community gathered at the Rhythm Club to hear the Walter Barnes Orchestra from Chicago. The building was cooled by ceiling fans and decorated with Spanish moss, which had been sprayed with "flit", a petroleum-based insecticide. All exits but
- [THE PARCHMAN ORDEAL](https://www.visitnapac.net/the-parchman-ordeal/) - PROUD TO TAKE A STAND COMMEMORATING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE 1960’S *All participants were arrested and charged with parading without a permit. filled, those over 12 years of age were sent to Parchman Penitentiary, more than 200 miles away. This act of intimidation was intended to cruse the movement, and the abusive treatment
- [Leon Donnan Barber Shop](https://www.visitnapac.net/leon-donnan-barber-shop/) - 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 key meeting place for the Deacons for Defense and Justice in Natchez, according
- [Forks Of The Roads](https://www.visitnapac.net/forks-of-the-roads/) - Second largest slave-tradE center of the south Before the Civil War, Natchez was the location of the second busiest slave-trading market in the Deep South at a site known as the Forks of the Road. Natchez was the epicenter of American capitalism in the mid-19th century with the trading of the world's three greatest commodities
- [Mackel's Funeral Home ( Robert Wood)](https://www.visitnapac.net/mackels-funeral-home-robert-wood/) - 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 printer in a local photographic business. Robert Wood would later serve the city
- [Richard wright Grandmother House](https://www.visitnapac.net/richard-wright-grandmother-house/) - Wright's Grandmothers Home Growing up in Natchez Description Richards Wright Grandmothers' house located in the historic Woodlawn district is where he spent his early childhood years.
- [Watkins Street Cemetary](https://www.visitnapac.net/watkins-street-cemetary/) - Watkins Street Cementary This cemetery was begun in 1909 by the purchase of 17 acres. It was then known as The Colored Peoples Cemetery. Today burials are allowed and the grounds are maintained by volunteers, county workers, and a spirited civic group. Notable burials here at rest include a common grave with many persons who
- [Professor Owen](https://www.visitnapac.net/professor-owen/) - Start A New Path This prominent African American was president of Natchez College for many years. The historic institution was supported originally by African American Baptists of Mississippi and gained a fine reputation under Professor Owen’s direction
- [Bud Scott](https://www.visitnapac.net/bud-scott/) - Heading Clarence "Bud" Scott, Sr., led one of the most popular dance bands in the Mississippi-Louisiana region for several decades beginning around 1900. Scott (1876-1938), a lifelong Natchez resident, was renowned among both white and black audiences. Although the dances were segregated, the entire community could hear Scott when he sang from the balcony of
- [Natchez College](https://www.visitnapac.net/natchez-college/) - Natchez Junior College was a private junior college located in Natchez, Mississippi, United States.[1] Natchez was a historically black college. Natchez opened in 1884 and closed in 1989.[2] Natchez College was formed in 1884 by an effort of the Baptist State Missionary Convention led by George W. Gayles.[3] The school was initially called Natchez College and stopped giving bachelor's degrees and became
- [Beula Baptist Church](https://www.visitnapac.net/beula-baptist-church/) - Played a major role in meetings during the civil rights era of the '60s in Natchez. The site of arrest during the Parchman Ordeal.
- [Rose Hill Church](https://www.visitnapac.net/rose-hill-church/) - Rose Hill Missionary Baptist Church of Natchez, Mississippi traces its origins as far back as 1837 in a shared legacy with First Baptist Church and later Wall Street Baptist Church, two predominantly white congregations in Natchez in 1850. It is however recognized as the oldest organized black Baptist congregation in Mississippi and the oldest African
- [Zion Chapel A.M.E. Church](https://www.visitnapac.net/zion-chapel-a-m-e-church/) - Henry Gurney photographed Zion Chapel A.M.E. Church in 1866, the year the congregation bought the building built in 1858 as the Second Presbyterian Church. Zion Chapel had earlier purchased the Methodist Church that fronted Union Street between Main and Franklin streets, but a fire destroyed it shortly afterward. A month before the sitting of the
- [The Louis Winston Home](https://www.visitnapac.net/the-louis-winston-home/) - The photograph of the 1946 Brumfield High School Choral. Club, taken in the front yard of Brumfield, provides the best image of the Louis Winston House on the left. The house unfortunately burned in the 1990s. The house on the right, which still stands, was built for William Minor Davis and was the long-time home
- [Holy Family Catholic Church](https://www.visitnapac.net/holy-family-catholic-church/) - 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 K. Ketteringham (Mary Warren Miller, Historic Natchez Foundation, 1995, Nomination form for National
- [Dr Henry Dumas House](https://www.visitnapac.net/dr-henry-dumas-house/) - 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. Dumas served as the president of the National Medical Association, the national organization
- [Brumfield School](https://www.visitnapac.net/brumfield-school/) - 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 North Union and Monroe Streets. It was demolished in the 1950s. I am
- [Dr. Banks House](https://www.visitnapac.net/dr-banks-house/) - 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 from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, and received his Mississippi medical license
- [The Barland Family](https://www.visitnapac.net/the-barland-family/) - The Fred U. Hammett Family of Natchez, Mississippi:Information about Elizabeth (Jonas Eiler slave) Home Page | Surname List | Index of Individuals | | Sources Barland Bought slaves Elizabeth (Jonas Eiler slave) (b. Bet. 1748 - 1774, d. Mar 22, 1883) Elizabeth (Jonas Eiler slave) (daughter of Jonas or James Eiler and Slave mother
- [Natchez Colonization](https://www.visitnapac.net/natchez-colonization/)
- [The Barber of Natchez](https://www.visitnapac.net/the-barber-of-natchez/)
- [The Parchman Ordeal](https://www.visitnapac.net/the-parchman-ordeal-2/)
- [Prince Among Slaves](https://www.visitnapac.net/prince-among-slaves/)

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- [Services](https://www.visitnapac.net/services/) - Hop On Hop Off Bus Tours! Hop on our red open-top buses and enjoy the views of the historic city of Natchez. City Sightseeing takes you to numerous bus stops to discover the city’s main attractions, while our highly-knowledgeable and fun staff keeps you updated on interesting facts about African-American history. The tour starts at the
- [Natchez Civil Rights Trail](https://www.visitnapac.net/natchez-civil-rights-trail/) - natchez civil rights sites Explore The natchez movement The 20th-century civil rights movement in Natchez was extraordinary. It is a story of sacrifice, determination, and many hard-fought gains. Despite its challenges, which included racial segregation, beatings, police brutality, and bombings by the Ku Klux Klan, the Natchez struggle became one of the most successful movements
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- [About Us](https://www.visitnapac.net/about-us/) - NATCHEZ MUSEUM OF AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE "We exist to tell our story" The Natchez Association for the Preservation of Afro-American Culture, NAPAC, was created in 1990 to present and preserve cultural and historical contributions of Afro-Americans in the growth of Natchez and the nation. In 1979 Mary Lee Davis-Toles began developing the concept of
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