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This week's episode is brought to you by turbulence, terminal floors, and the Lord's Day mercies.Andrew just returned (barely) from a denominational conference in Mound Bayou, MS. What should have been a routine ministry trip turned into a saga of emergency landings, missed connections, and one unforgettable overnight nap on the floor of the Charlotte airport. He rolled into church at 8:45am Sunday morning—rumpled, redeemed, and ready(ish) to preach by 10.Meanwhile, Tim took his talents to Las Vegas for a side gig—don't worry, it was all above board (he swears), and he only lost time, not tithe money. Also, it's the anniversary he almost died.And in a plot twist no one saw coming, Frank stepped into the pulpit at a church in Tampa, bringing the Word while the rest of us were bringing snacks to gate C12. As always, we're here to recap Sunday, laugh at our Mondays, and remind you that the Lord can use all things—even delayed flights and a stiff neck from sleeping under fluorescent lights—for His glory.

Trey's Table Episode 238: Isiah Montgomery Hello friends! Welcome to Trey's Table. A podcast about African American history, politics, and culture. I'm your host Trey Smith. In 1890, Isaiah Montgomery was one of the few African-American delegates at the Mississippi Constitutional Convention. This convention was convened with the explicit goal of disenfranchising Black voters, and Montgomery faced an impossible choice. On one hand, he could oppose the new constitution and risk retaliation against Mound Bayou. On the other, he could support it, hoping to protect his community while sacrificing the political rights of Black Mississippians." "In the end, Montgomery chose to support the constitution. His decision was deeply controversial. Some saw it as a pragmatic compromise to preserve Mound Bayou, while others viewed it as a betrayal of the broader Black community. Montgomery himself defended his choice, arguing that survival in the face of white supremacy sometimes required difficult sacrifices." How do we balance pragmatism and idealism in the pursuit of justice? It's a question that doesn't have an easy answer, but it's one worth wrestling with.

Reflecting on the powerful legacy of Mound Bayou, Mississippi—a community founded on resilience, self-reliance, and the power of Black ownership. This thriving town, built entirely by and for Black people, is a testament to what's possible when we invest in ourselves and each other. It challenges us to think critically: Are we buying Black and building our legacy, or are we selling out and letting our power slip away? Let's honor the strength of our ancestors by making intentional choices that uplift our people and create lasting change in our communities.

In 1942, the Taborian Hospital opened in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. At a time when most hospitals segregated Black from White patients or turned Black patients away, the Taborian Hospital provided equal treatment and care for all. There is no question that desegregation and the Civil Rights Movement improved access to healthcare for Black Americans. But today, rural hospitals increasingly face closure, and healthcare disparities continue to negatively impact Black Americans. It's worth investigating the history of the Taborian Hospital, and other hospitals that were visited and staffed by Black patients, nurses, and doctors. In this episode, we'll talk to Myrna Smith-Thompson, Dr. Ezelle Sanford III, and Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble. Special thanks to Lauren Sausser and KFF Health News.  

Entre le musée historique de Mound Bayou et un lot d'archives à Jackson, on rencontre des Mississippiens qui s'évertuent à préserver la mémoire du Freedom Summer et de la lutte pour les droits civiques. On mène également notre petite enquête, suivant le parcours d'une intrigante participante ontarienne au soulèvement de 1964.Ce reportage a été financé grâce au soutien du Fonds de journalisme international Transat-«Le Devoir».Animation: Clémence Pavic et Félix DeschênesRéalisation: Félix DeschênesPour nous joindre: balado@ledevoir.com

In honor of the upcoming Juneteenth National Independence Day, we are publishing our latest blog post on our Civil Rights Trail journey in the deep South. As we drove north toward Mound Bayou, on our way to the King Biscuit Blues Festival, we expected to visit a Museum, but we soon discovered that the entire town is a museum. If you've ever heard of Mound Bayou, then you are the exception. Former slaves, left to their own resources, built a city that actually thrived all the way into the Civil Rights era... in Mississippi. Mound Bayou is a remarkable story of Brothers – the Davis brothers and the Montgomery brothers, who knew each other almost intimately, whose children played together and studied together, yet shared nothing in common as they worked side-by-side to opposite ends. This is a story for our time. The post Civil Rights Trail – Chapter Four: Mound Bayou, Mississippi appeared first on Living In Beauty.

Happy Memorial Day! We are out of the office so in lieu of a new episode, here's an instant classic from earlier this year.We are honored to welcome an iconic Mississippian from an iconic family to the show today. Reena Evers-Everette is the daughter of civil-rights activists Medgar Evers and Myrlie Evers-Williams. Born in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, she studied business merchandising at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology. She is now executive director of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute in Jackson, Miss., the same city where he saw her father assassinated at their home in 1963. In addition to the Institute, Reena serves as an Advisory Board Member for the Mississippi Free Press and is currently a W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network fellow.Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized, Emmy award winning editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as Mississippi Today's Editor-At-Large. He's also host of a "Now You're Talking" on MPB Think Radio and "Conversations" on MPB TV, and is the author of several books. Marshall is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and a 2019 recipient of the University of Tennessee Alumni Professional Achievement Award. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 7: Episode 47 An interesting piece of history...take a listen. _______________________________________________________ LaKisha LaTaye Davis is a certified life coach, author, event and podcast host, as well as speaker. She is the author of "The Power of Words: Affirmations to Promote You in Life and Business" as well as "The Seven Sins of Social Media: Change Your Approach to Increase Engagement". As a military veteran she has served at the White House Medical Unit, the Pentagon and Walter Reed Army Medical Center. LaTaye is a seasoned leader within the federal and state government as well as big box retail companies. Her professional and personal experiences coupled with her out of the box approach allows her to be able to work with women and men from various demographics and cultures. FOLLOW LaTaye on IG: @latayedavis RESOURCES: https://stan.store/latayedavis BOOKS: https://amzn.to/3HnJSng GLOBAL GIRLS PODCAST on IG: @globalgirlspodcast SUBSCRIBE TO YouTube: @latayedavis --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/globalgirlspodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/globalgirlspodcast/support

Back on Episode One, I told you about Hurricane Plantation on Davis Bend south of Vicksburg, a plantation owned by the brother of the President of the Confederacy. I told you then that the story of Hurricane Bend has another chapter. This episode is that chapter, the next chapter in the story of Davis Bend. Mississippi: the establishment of pioneering all-Black settlement in the Mississippi Delta. Join us as we stop in Mound Bayou, learn about how white people co-opted and sentimentalized a landmark of Black independence, and how its visionary founder ultimately contributed to the vengeful return of white supremacy to Mississippi law in 1890. This is The DETOURIST.This week's episode features a special excerpt from my forthcoming book, A DEEPER SOUTH: The Beauty, Mystery, and Sorrow of the Southern Road. Available for pre-order now! [00:00:00] Didn't See That One Coming: How Jefferson Davis's Brother Influenced The Foundation of an All-Black Town[00:03:06] Mississippi 1890: We Don't Like Equality After All[00:06:02] An Experiment in Eccentricity[00:08:36] Here Come the Whites[00:11:04] The Crowe's Nest: The Signs Don't Say Everything[00:12:53] Mound Bayou Hitches Its Wagon to the Booker T. Washington Express Train[00:14:32] “A Noble Speech” Has Disastrous Results[00:20:00] Frederick Douglass Would Like a Word[00:22:49] The Delta Is Ready When You Are Get full access to The DETOURIST at adeepersouth.substack.com/subscribe

We are honored to welcome an iconic Mississippian from an iconic family to the show today. Reena Evers-Everette is the daughter of civil-rights activists Medgar Evers and Myrlie Evers-Williams. Born in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, she studied business merchandising at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology. She is now executive director of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute in Jackson, Miss., the same city where he saw her father assassinated at their home in 1963. In addition to the Institute, Reena serves as an Advisory Board Member for the Mississippi Free Press and is currently a W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network fellow.Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized, Emmy award winning editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as Mississippi Today's Editor-At-Large. He's also host of a "Now You're Talking" on MPB Think Radio and "Conversations" on MPB TV, and is the author of several books. Marshall is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and a 2019 recipient of the University of Tennessee Alumni Professional Achievement Award. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wypipologist Michael Harriot takes us back to Mound Bayou, Mississippi, the birthplace of the civil rights movement. A place where T.R.M. Howard, Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, Katie Hall, Isiah Montgomery, and Aretha Franklin all have a connection. Learn why this sacred place is a part of "The Real Gangstas of Black History" series on theGrio Daily. "It was the only place in Mississippi and almost the entire South where Jim Crow didn't exist" Music Provided by: Transitions Music CorporationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hermon Johnson, Rev. Darryl Johnson and Reena Evers-Everette, the daughter born to Medgar and Myrlie Evers in Mound Bayou, MS discuss the Mound Bayou Museum in a historic African American city and its first annual gala. Even if you can't attend, pls GIVE moundbayougala.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

***While Nikki recovers from the big C, enjoy an episode from one of her favourite true crime friends, Brew Crime!***Brew Crime now moves to Crimes of Mississippi. Part One covers the murder of Medgar Evers a hero of the civil rights movement by a KKK member.Beer Pairing for this episode is Camp Beer Co's River Monster Hazy IPA.Sources:https://www.newspapers.com/image/182507715/?terms=Byron%20De%20La%20Beckwith&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/255012499/?terms=Byron%20De%20La%20Beckwith&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/180464602/?terms=Byron%20De%20La%20Beckwith&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/303813551/?terms=Byron%20De%20La%20Beckwith&match=1https://www.mec.cuny.edu/history/justice-of-medgar-evers/ https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/23/us/byron-de-la-beckwith-dies-killer-of-medgar-evers-was-80.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_De_La_Beckwithhttps://www.biography.com/crime/byron-de-la-beckwithhttps://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/beckwith-convicted-of-killing-medgar-evers http://www.murderpedia.org/male.B/b/beckwith-bryron.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medgar_Evershttps://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2017-08-14/the-kkk-is-still-based-in-22-states-in-the-us-in-2017https://www.google.com/search?client=avast-a-2&q=Medgar+Evers&oq=Medgar+Evers&aqs=avast..69i57j69i60l3.666380j0j1&ie=UTF-8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_Bayou,_Mississippi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens%27_Councils https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report_to_the_American_People_on_Civil_Rights Support the showFollow me here: ► YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@SerialNapper/► Twitter - https://twitter.com/serial_napper► Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/serialnappernik/► Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/SerialNapper/► TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@serialnappernik Join the Serial Society true crime Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/serialnapperpatron

Brew Crime now moves to Crimes of Mississippi. Part One covers the murder of Medgar Evers a hero of the civil rights movement by a KKK member. Beer Pairing for this episode is Camp Beer Co's River Monster Hazy IPA.Sources:https://www.newspapers.com/image/182507715/?terms=Byron%20De%20La%20Beckwith&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/255012499/?terms=Byron%20De%20La%20Beckwith&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/180464602/?terms=Byron%20De%20La%20Beckwith&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/303813551/?terms=Byron%20De%20La%20Beckwith&match=1 https://www.mec.cuny.edu/history/justice-of-medgar-evers/ https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/23/us/byron-de-la-beckwith-dies-killer-of-medgar-evers-was-80.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_De_La_Beckwithhttps://www.biography.com/crime/byron-de-la-beckwithhttps://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/beckwith-convicted-of-killing-medgar-evers http://www.murderpedia.org/male.B/b/beckwith-bryron.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medgar_Evers https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2017-08-14/the-kkk-is-still-based-in-22-states-in-the-us-in-2017https://www.google.com/search?client=avast-a-2&q=Medgar+Evers&oq=Medgar+Evers&aqs=avast..69i57j69i60l3.666380j0j1&ie=UTF-8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_Bayou,_Mississippi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens%27_Councils https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report_to_the_American_People_on_Civil_Rights https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/president-kennedy-civil-rights/#:~:text=It%20ought%20to%20be%20possible%2C%20in%20short%2C%20for%20every%20American,his%20children%20to%20be%20treated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Mississippi Brew CrimeWebsite, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Facebook Group, Youtube, patreon

Between Clarksdale and Cleveland on a quiet stretch of Highway 61 in the Mississippi Delta lies a town called Mound Bayou.Mound Bayou has more churches than stoplights, more vacant stores than occupied ones — a place that appears forgotten. But locals — folks who grew up here and stayed — wear these special glasses that allow them to see the town as it used to be.Put the glasses on and an overgrown lot transforms into the first Olympic size swimming pool available to Black Mississippians. The boarded up brick building on the corner turns into a bustling bank that holds more Black wealth than anywhere else in the state. The crumbling circular drive across the street backs up with traffic into a hospital that delivered more than 100,000 Black babies. For the better part of a century, this unremarkable, hollowed-out town was an oasis of Black self-sufficiency in a state brimming with racial terror.Last month, during mid-winter break, the Miseducation staff joined The Bell's executive director Taylor McGraw, who recently moved back to Mississippi, for a week-long road trip from Memphis to New Orleans. We journeyed through barbecue joints, civil rights museums, blues clubs, the cold halls of the Mississippi legislature, and the windy banks of the Mississippi River. Of all the places we stopped, Mound Bayou, this tiny dot on a map, left the biggest mark.This is the story of Mound Bayou.To learn more about the Mound Bayou Museum of African American Culture and History, visit moundbayoumuseum.com.To join the conversation, send us a message and follow us on Twitter and Instagram.Never miss an episode! Subscribe on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Play | StitcherDonate to our work at https://give.bellvoices.org.

In this episode, we hear from Dr. John W. Hatch about the history of Community Health Centers and how it intersects with the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Hatch is a professor emeritus of public health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a legend in the health center movement. He was instrumental in establishing one of the nation's first community health centers in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, which was an all African American town founded in the 1860s.Dr. Hatch pioneered approaches to addressing social drivers of health and describes building latrines, installing window screens, and starting a farm cooperative to provide affordable, nutritious food to the community. He explains how community input was part of the health center model from the very beginning. He also calls for more activism and policy change to address the challenges facing health centers and their patients today.Featured in this EpisodeBenjamin Money JrSenior VP, NACHCLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-money-6133436 Profile: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/about/leadership/benjamin-money Dr. John W. HatchProfessor Emeritus of Public HealthUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HilChapters00:00 Introduction01:31 The changing of terms02:35 The social drivers and how to address them12:30 Moving in the area of environmental health15:18 Establishing the Co-op16:49 Adding benefits like non-medical things21:18 Envisioning what Health Centers could become25:12 Continuing the legacy29:42 Addressing racial inequality34:18 Communities addressing the public health issues45:54 The incredible community health workers52:54 The communities of today 56:05 Giving ThanksProduced by Heartcast Media.www.heartcastmedia.comThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5468540/advertisement

Mississippi's Democratic lawmakers tackle questions regarding the state's welfare spending.Then, the Chair of the January 6th Select Committee discusses the next chapter of the investigation.Plus, this week's History is Lunch looks at the historic town of Mound Bayou. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fannie Lou Hamer, née Townsend, (born October 6, 1917, Ruleville, Mississippi, U.S.—died March 14, 1977, Mound Bayou, Mississippi),  African American civil rights activist who worked to desegregate the Mississippi Democratic Party.The youngest of 20 children, Fannie Lou was working the fields with her sharecropper parents at the age of six. Amid poverty and racial exploitation, she received only a sixth-grade education. In 1942 she married Perry (“Pap”) Hamer. Her civil rights activism began in August 1962, when she answered a call by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for volunteers to challenge voter registration procedures that excluded African Americans. Fired for her attempt to register to vote (she failed a literacy test), she became a field secretary for the SNCC; she finally became a registered voter in 1963.In 1964 Hamer cofounded and became vice-chairperson of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), established after unsuccessful attempts by African Americansto work with the all-white and pro-segregation Mississippi Democratic Party. That year she testified before the credentials committee of the Democratic National Convention, demanding that the delegation of the Mississippi Democratic Party be replaced by that of the MFDP. After U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson attempted to block the television broadcast of her testimony by scheduling a news conference for the same time, forcing television networks to cut away from their live coverage of the convention, her speech was carried on many evening news programs, where it was exposed to a much larger audience than it would have received had it been broadcast at its original time. In her testimony she movingly described incidents of violence and injustice suffered by civil rights activists, including her own experience of a jailhouse beating that left her crippled. At the insistence of President Johnson, however, the committee refused to seat the MFDP delegation, offering only two at-large seats, provided that neither went to Hamer. She and the MFDP refused.In 1967 Hamer published To Praise Our Bridges: An Autobiography. As a member of the Democratic National Committee for Mississippi (1968–71) and the Policy Council of the National Women's Political Caucus (1971–77), she actively opposed the Vietnam War and worked to improve economic conditions in Mississippi.From https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fannie-Lou-Hamer-American-civil-rights-activist. For more information about Fannie Lou Hamer:“Fannie Lou Hamer”: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/freedomsummer-hamer/“I'm Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired”: https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/2019/08/09/im-sick-and-tired-of-being-sick-and-tired-dec-20-1964/“The Enduring Influence of Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Advocate”: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/books/review/walk-with-me-kate-clifford-larson-until-i-am-free-keisha-blain-fannie-lou-hamer.html

Fannie Lou Hamer began civil rights activism in 1962, continuing until her health declined nine years later. She was known for her use of spiritual hymnals and quotes and her resilience in leading the civil rights movement for black women in Mississippi. She was extorted, threatened, harassed, shot at, and assaulted by racists, including police, while trying to register for and exercise her right to vote. She later helped and encouraged thousands of African-Americans in Mississippi to become registered voters and helped hundreds of disenfranchised people in her area through her work in programs like the Freedom Farm Cooperative. She unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 1964 and the Mississippi State Senate in 1971. In 1970 she led legal action against the government of Sunflower County, Mississippi for continued illegal segregation.Hamer died on March 14, 1977, aged 59, in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Her memorial service was widely attended and her eulogy was delivered by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young. She was posthumously inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1993.FANNIE LOU HAMERhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Lou_HamerDON'T FORGET TO RATE, COMMENT AND SUBSCRIBEJoin us on social mediaVisit our website www.adaywithcrime.comadaywithcrime@gmail.comCover Art created by Geneva McClamSound Mixing and editing by David McClamIntro and outro jingle by David McClam

Congrats to Hearts & Wheels, who won week 2 of #moxiemillion, by sharing the show to help it reach 1 million downloads this month! Necessity is the mother of invention and who was in a more necessitous position than victims of the Atlantic slave trade?  You may revolutionize industries, but good luck getting a patent. 00:47 Patents and law  06:40 Benjamin Bradley 09:10 Benjamin Montgomery 16:30 Thomas Jennings 23:15 Henry Boyd Links to all the research resources are on the website. Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs.  Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter,  or Instagram.  Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi.  Or buy the book and a shirt. Music: Kevin MacLeod, David Fesilyan, Dan Henig. Sponsors: History's Trainwrecks, What Was That Like, Sambucol Want to start a podcast or need a better podcast host?  Get up to TWO months hosting for free from Libsyn with coupon code "moxie."   The U.S. legal system has both helped and hindered racial justice through our history.  – high points like Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, which said that separate but equal inherently isn't equal, and one of my favorites, Loving v. Virginia. This aptly titled ruling finally overturned laws against interracial marriage, and low points like the notorious Dredd Scott decision, which said that no Black person could be a citizen or sue someone in court.  It's not just the Supreme Court.  As above, so below and that trickles all the way down to the USPTO.  My name's Moxie…   Real quick before we get stuck in: what is a patent?  A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a set period of time.  Not to be confused with trademark or copyright, which you can hear more about in the episode Copy-wrong, link in the show notes.  Do you *need a patent to sell an invention?  No, but you need one if you want to be the only one to sell your invention.  A patent can't actually stop other people before they steal your idea, as anyone whose had to deal with cheap foreign knockoffs knows.  (That happened to a fellow who designed these amazing motion-sensing LED eyelashes I bought back in my burlesque days; the Chinese knockoffs hit Amazon before his Kickstarter had even finished.)  What the patent does is gives you ammo to go to court for legal remedy… if going to court is fiscally feasible and for most people it's not.   Patents are a form of property, a thing you can own.  When you live in a place were certain people, specifically those from Africa and their descendants kept in bondage in the US, are barred from *having property, that means no patents for enslaved people.  A 19th century law specified that patent applicants had to sign a Patent Oath that, among other things, attested to their country of citizenship.  When the Dredd Scott decision effectively denied Black Americans any citizenship at all, that meant an automatic dismissal of patent applications by slaves.   Nonetheless, Black inventors persisted and were often successful at the patent office despite staggering legal impediments.  As a well known example, George Washington Carver was born a slave but was still issued three patents in his lifetime, a number that is but a shadow of his inventive genius.  The first known patent to a Black inventor was issued to Thomas Jennings in 1821 for a dry cleaning method.  And the first known patent to a Black woman inventor was issued to Martha Jones in 1868 for an improved corn husker and sheller. Well, she might be the first, she might not be; more on that later and by later I mean next week, because my research exceeded my grasp again.   Despite being removed from their homes, intentionally mixed with people from other regions with whom they had no common language, denied an education or even the right to educate themselves, and of course all the outright abuse and atrocities, the enslaved people of America were no less clever than their white counterparts and no less driven to improve their lives.  More so, likely.  When a white man invented a new farming tool, it was saving his tired back.  When a black slave invented a new and improved tool, he was saving his family.  The new idea could save him from lashings, spare his wife working herself to death, save the limbs of his children from the machines of the time.  And of course making yourself more valuable to the person who dictates your fate doesn't hurt.      You'll notice a certain pattern to the stories today, not that that means the stories need telling any less.  And there are always individual details, though most of them will make you face-palm so hard you'll get a cyst.  That's a real thing that happened to my sister back in like 1990 when you made fun of someone else's intelligence with a dramatic slap to your own forehead.  And my husband thinks I'm the critical one.  There are face-palmy stories like a man named Ned, who invented the cotton scraper.  The man who kept Ned in bondage, Oscar Stuart, tried to patent Ned's invention, but was denied because he couldn't prove he was the inventor, because he wasn't.  Stuart went as far as to write to the Secretary of Interior in 1858, asserting that “the master is the owner of the fruits of the labor of the slave, both manual and intellectual.”  Enslaved people weren't actually barred from getting a patent…until later that year, when it was codified that enslaved Blacks were barred from applying for patents, as were the plantation owners.  Undeterred by his lack of patent, Stuart began manufacturing the cotton scraper and reportedly used this testimonial from a fellow plantation owner, and this is the bit where you might do yourself a minor battery: “I am glad to know that your implement is the invention of a Negro slave — thus giving the lie to the abolition cry that slavery dwarfs the mind of the Negro. When did a free Negro ever invent anything?”  Oy vey.     Free Blacks invented *tons of things.  For further reading, look up Granville T Woods, often called “the black Edison,” Woods was a self-taught engineer who received over 50 patents, which is over 50 more than most of us have, but he was clearly able to get patents, so he's outside our focus today.  We're looking at people like Benjamin Bradley, born a slave around 1830 as a slave in Maryland.  Unusually, and illegally, he was able to read and write.  While being made to work in a print shop as a teenager, Bradley began working with some scrap materials, modeling a small ship.  He quickly built his skills until he'd graduated from model ships to building a working steam engine from a piece of a gun-barrel and some random handy junk.  You can't not be impressed by that and the people around Bradley suitably were.  He was placed in a new job, this time at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland as a classroom assistant in the science department.  He helped to set up and conduct experiments, working with chemical gases.  The faculty were also impressed with Bradley in his understanding of the subject matter and also with his preparedness in readying the experiments.     Praise is nice, but a paycheck is even nicer.  Bradley was given a salary but he still “belonged” to a white man, who took most of his money; Bradley was allowed to keep about $5.00 a month, or about $180 today.  Despite having a pretty good set-up at Annapolis, Bradley had not forgotten his steam engine.  He'd sold an early prototype to a student and used that and the money he'd been able to squirrel away from his pay to build a larger model.  He worked his way up to an engine large enough that his engine became the first to propel a steam-powered warship, he was with Navy types after all, at 16 knots, which is about 18 mi/29km.  Because Benjamin Bradley was a slave, he was unable to secure a patent for his engine. His master did, however, allow him to sell the engine and he used that money to purchase his freedom.  So if you have an idea you really believe in, stick with it.   Another Benjamin with a penchant for tinkering was Benjamin Montgomery, born in 1819 in Loudon County, Virginia.  A *lot of these stories start in my home state.  He was sold to Joseph E. Davis of Mississippi planter, the older brother of Jefferson Davis, future President of the Confederate States of America.  Joseph must have been more liberal than Jefferson, because he recognized Montgomery's intelligence and tasked him to run the general store on the Davis Bend plantation.  Montgomery, who'd been taught to read and write by Davis' children, excelled at retail management and Davis promoted Montgomery to overseeing the entirety of his purchasing and shipping operations.     Montgomery also learned a number of other difficult tasks, including land surveying, flood control, drafting, and mechanics.  The golden spike wouldn't be driven in the transcontinental railroad until four years after the end of the civil war, so that meant that natural waterways were still the best and most important way to get widgets, kajiggers, and doodads from A to B.  This wasn't as as simple as those of us of the interstate highway system epoch might imagine.  Nature, in her beauty, is inconsistent and varying and variable depths of rivers made them difficult to navigate.  Heavy spring rains could cause sand bars to shift and, boom, now the boat is stuck and your cargo is delayed.  They lacked the benefit of the comparatively tiny backhoe that tried to dig the Ever Given out of the Suez canal.   Montgomery set out to address that problem – he was in shipping & receiving after all – and created a propellor that could cut into the water at different angles.  With it, boats could easily and reliably navigate through shallow water.  Joseph Davis attempted to patent the device in 1858, but the patent was denied, not because Davis wasn't the inventor, but because Montgomery, as a slave, was not a citizen of the United States, and thus could not apply for a patent.  If this were a YT video, I'd use that clip from Naked Gun of a whole stadium of people slapping their foreheads.  You can actually listen to the podcast on YT, btw.  Later, both Joseph *and Jefferson Davis attempted to patent the device in their names but were denied again.  Ironically and surprisingly, when Jefferson Davis later assumed the Presidency of the Confederacy, he signed into law the legislation that would allow a slaves to receive patent protection for their inventions.  It's like the opposite of a silver lining and honestly a bad place for an ad-break, but here we are.   MIDROLL   After the civil war and the emancipation proclamation, when Montgomery, no longer a slave, he filed his own patent application… but was once again rejected.  Joseph Davis sold his plantation as well as other properties to Montgomery and his son Isaiah on a long-term loan in the amount of $300,000.00.  That's a big chunk of change if that's in today dollars, but back then?  Benjamin and Isaiah wanted to use the property to establish a community of freed slaves, but natural disasters decimated their crops, leaving them unable to pay off the loan.  The Davis Bend property reverted back to the Davis family and Benjamin died the following year.  Undeterred, Isaiah took up his father's dream and later purchased 840 acres of land where he and other former slaves founded the town of Mound Bayou, Mississippi in 1887, with Isaiah as its first mayor.   My research didn't indicate why the free Montgomery's application was refused, but oe assumes racism.  The new language of patent law was written to be color-blind, but it's humans reading the applications, so some black inventors hid their race by doing things like using initals instead of their name if their name “sounded black.”  Others “used their white partners as proxies,” writes Brian L. Frye, a professor at the University of Kentucky's College of Law, in his article Invention of a Slave. This makes it difficult to know how many African-Americans were actually involved in early patents.  Though free black Americans like Jennings were able to patent their inventions, in practice obtaining a patent was difficult and expensive, and defending your patent?  Fuggedaboutit.    “If the legal system was biased against black inventors, they wouldn't have been able to defend their patents,” says Petra Moser, a professor of economics at New York University's Stern School of Business.  “Also, you need capital to defend your patent, and black inventors generally had less access to capital.”  If an issue were raised, credibility would automatically go to the white man.     It's impossible to know how many inventions between the 1790 establishment of the patent office and the 1865 end of the Civil war were stolen from slaves.  For one thing, in 1836, all the patents were being kept in Washington's Blodget's Hotel temporarily while a new facility was being built, when a fire broke out, which is bad.  There was a fire station next door, which is good,  but it was winter and the firefighters' leather hoses had cracked in the cold, which is bad.  They tried to do a bucket brigade, but it wasn't enough, and all 10k patents and 7,000 related patent models were lost.  These are called X-patents not only because they'd been lost but because, before the fire, patents weren't numbered, just their name and issue date, like a library without the Dewey decimal system.  They were able to replace some patents by asking inventors for their copy, after which they were numbered for sure.  As of 2004, about 2,800 of the X-patents have been recovered. The first patent issued to a black inventor was not one of them.   That patent belonged to one Thomas Jennings, and you owe him a big ol' thank you card if you've ever spilled food on your favorite fancy formalwear and had it *not been irrevocably ruined.  Jennings invented a process called ‘dry scouring,' a forerunner of modern dry cleaning.  He patented the process in 1821, to wit he is widely believed to be the first black person in America to receive a patent, but it can't really be proved or disproved on account of the fire.  Whether he was first or not, Jennings was only able to do this because he was born free in New York City.     According to The Inventive Spirit of African-Americans by Patricia Carter Sluby, Jennings started out as an apprentice to a prominent New York tailor before opening his own clothing shop in Lower Manhattan, a large and successful concern.  He secured a patent for his “dry scouring” method of removing dirt and grease from clothing in 1821, or as the New York Gazette reported it, a method of “Dry Scouring Clothes, and Woolen Fabrics in general, so that they keep their original shape, and have the polish and appearance of new.”  I'll take eight!     What was this revolutionary new method?  No freaking clue.  Because fire.  But we do know Jennings kept his patent letter, signed by then Secretary of State and future president John Quincy Adams, in a gold frame over his bed.  And that Jennings put much of his earnings from the invention towards the fight for abolition, funding a number of charities and legal aid societies, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, and Freedom's Journal, the first black-owned newspaper in America.  Dry-scouring put all of his children through school and they became successful in their careers and prominent in the abolition movement.  His daughter Elizabeth, a schoolteacher, rose to national attention in 1854 when she boarded a whites-only horse-drawn streetcar in New York and refused to get off, like Rosa Parks 101 years before Rosa Parks, except she fought bodily the effort of the conductor to throw her off, hanging on to the window frame.  A letter she wrote about the incident was published in several abolitionist papers, and her father hired a lawyer to fight the streetcar company.  Amazingly, they won – again this was before the civil war, let alone civil rights.  The judge ruled that it was unlawful to eject black people from public transportation so long as they were “sober, well behaved, and free from disease.”  Their lawyer was a young Chester A. Arthur, who would later be the 21st president.   [segue] review   Henry Boyd's story began like the others we've heard, but in Kentucky in 1802.  He was apprenticed out to a cabinet maker, where he displayed a tremendous talent for carpentry.  So proficient and hard-working was Boyd that he was allowed to take on other work of his own, a side hustle as we say these days, and earn his own money and Boyd eventually made enough to buy his freedom at age 18.     At 24-years-old, a nearly-penniless Boyd moved to Cincinnati.  Ohio *was a free state, but Cincinnati sat too close to slave state of Kentucky to be a welcoming city for blacks, and I'm sure a few Cincinnatians would say it's too close to KY for their liking nowadays too.  Our skilled carpenter Boyd couldn't find anyone willing to hire him.  One shop had considered hiring him, but all the white employees threatened to quit, so no joy there.  Boyd finally found work on the riverfront, with the African Americans and Irish immigrants working as stevedores and laborers; Boyd himself was a janitor in a store.   One day, when a white carpenter showed up too drunk to work, Boyd built a counter for the storekeeper. This impressed his boss so much that he contracted him for other construction projects. Through word of mouth, Boyd's talent began to bring him some of the respect he deserved and a good amount of work.  He diligently saved up to buy his brother and a sister out of bondage too and purchase his own woodshop.  Not just a corner garage space; his workshop grew to spread across four buildings.  This was where came up with his next big idea - a bedframe.  Wait, it's interesting, I promise.  Everybody needs a bed and a bed needs a frame.  The Boyd Bedstead was a sturdier, better designed bedframe that was an immediate success…that he couldn't a patent for.  But a white cabinetmaker named George Porter did.  It is not known if Boyd was working with Porter and Porter was his white face for the patent office or if Porter ripped Boyd off.  Either way, the Boyd bedstead became extremely popular, with prominent citizens and hotels clamoring to get them.  The H. Boyd Company name was stamped on each one to set them apart from the knockoffs that such success inevitably breeds.   Not only was his bedstead breaking new ground, but his shop of up to 50 employees was racially integrated.  This social advance was, politely put, not popular.  The factory was the target of arsonists and was burnt to the ground.  Twice.  Twice Boyd rebuilt, but after a third fire, no insurance company would cover him and in 1862 the doors closed for good.  But don't worry about Boyd.  He'd saved enough to live out his retirement comfortably, but he wasn't lounging around.  Boyd had been active in the Underground Railroad and housed runaway slaves in a secret room.  His home was welcoming to the needy as well.  Henry Boyd passed away at the age of 83 and was laid to rest in an unmarked grave in Spring Grove Cemetery.  While you may not be able to find Boyd's grave, you can easily find original Boy bedsteads fetching high prices in antique stores and auctions.   And that's…You might have noticed today's episode was a bit of a sausage party so it's a good thing we'll pick up again next week with the stories, triumphs and tribulations of female inventors of color.  The world has so many fascinating facts in it and I am just a humble weekly half-hour podcaster, so see you next week for part two.  Remember…Thanks     Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/with-patents-or-without-black-inventors-reshaped-american-industry-180962201 https://atlantablackstar.com/2014/02/11/5-inventions-by-enslaved-black-men-blocked-by-us-patent-office/4/ https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-history-month-inventions-black-slaves-denied-patents/ https://amsterdamnews.com/news/2021/08/05/sarah-boone-inventor-ironing-board-and-first-black/ https://theconversation.com/americas-always-had-black-inventors-even-when-the-patent-system-explicitly-excluded-them-72619 https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-history-month-inventions-black-slaves-denied-patents/ http://www.blackpast.org/aah/reed-judy-w-c-1826 https://web.archive.org/web/20180802193123/https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/news-updates/uspto-recognizes-inventive-women-during-womens-history-month https://www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2016/03/21/10-black-women-innovators-and-the-awesome-things-they-brought-us https://www.nkytribune.com/2019/02/our-rich-history-henry-boyd-once-a-slave-became-a-prominent-african-american-furniture-maker/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/first-african-american-hold-patent-invented-dry-scouring-180971394/ https://blackinventor.com/benjamin-bradley/ https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/goode-sarah-e-c-1855-1905/

Fannie Lou Hamer, Southern freedom fighter and one of the oldest Black-founded towns in the country spark The Browns' most transformational decision yet. Featured guests: Katy Kozhamminil, PhD and Arrianna Planey, PhD.If you loved learning about Mound Bayou, check out this video.For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow NATAL on Twitter and Instagram.

Rural Americans are dying of COVID-19 at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts. On the latest episode Health Centers on the Front Lines we get an update from Mississippi and learn how health centers are fighting rampant misinformation to limit the spread of the Delta Variant and build trust in the vaccine. We also talk about how the Delta Health Center achieved 100% vaccination rate of its staff. Guests:* Tara Miller-Gallion of the Delta Health Center in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, the nation's first Community Health Center established by Civil Rights Leaders. * Terrence Shirley from the Community Health Center Association of Mississippi     Key Takeaways:0:00 Intro1:29 Terrence talks about the current political climate and how it's at odds with the medical community2:59 Tara talks about how they are trying to educate the community about dangers of COVID and why they should get vaccinated4:35 Tara explains the struggles of keeping patients correctly informed due to misinformation on social media5:43 Terrence talks about how the misinformation of the vaccine is when it became politicized7:12 Terrence talks about how they are partnering with various places around the state to hold training sessions to help assist the community8:03 Tara talks bout the 19 sites with tents they have set up across the state to help administer the vaccine 9:29 Terrence talks about people who are against the vaccine and who speak negatively against it and how it hurts stopping the spread of COVID10:25 Tara talks about overcoming her fear of needles to get the vaccine to protect her family11:30 Tara talks about the struggle of convincing people to get vaccinated and the hardship of losing people to COVID13:16 Terrence reflects on how he thinks his fathers outlook on the pandemic would be like16:11 Terrence talks about the effect the Delta variant has had on the population17:08 Tara talks about the history of the health center in Mound BayouResources Mentioned:Mound Bayou - a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,533 at the 2010 census, down from 2,102 in 2000. It is notable for having been founded as an independent black community in 1887 by former slaves led by Isaiah Montgomery.Delta Health Center - Dr. H. Jack Geiger and Dr.  Count Gibson (Tufts University Medical School Physicians) secured funding in 1965 from the Office of Economic Opportunity to establish what is now known as Delta Health Center, Inc. in Mound Bayou (then all African- American town), MS to serve Bolivar, Coahoma, Sunflower, and Washington counties, where poverty was widespread. Quotes Mentioned:"Efforts to encourage vaccinations through mandatory policies are perceived as an infringement upon the rights of a lot of people here in the state of Mississippi. And this impacts the ongoing hesitancy campaigns and minimizes participation at our ongoing vaccination events.""The thing about it is a vaccine that's here to help us. Just like all the other vaccines, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, everything is here to help us. So it is something that's not prevent you from getting COVID but it would help your body to fight against it, and we emphasize the importance to them over and over again and just tell them that you can't listen to the media because a lot of times the people on these different social media platforms."Social Media Links:Terrence Shirleyhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/terrence-shirley-47837530https://chcams.org/staff/

Tonight's guests are Denise Taylor, clinic operations manager for the Delta Health Center in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, Texas State Rep. Jasmine Crockett, and Timothy Snyder, professor of history at Yale University and author of "On Tyranny."

In an attempt to address Mississippi's high incarceration rate, lawmakers send a parole reform bill to the Governor.Then, how community health centers in the Delta are helping residents get vaccinated.Plus, after a Southern Remedy Health Minute, the state takes a step toward local alcohol delivery.Segment 1:Mississippi lawmakers are sending legislation to the desk of Governor Tate Reeves that will make more inmates eligible for the possibility of parole. The Mississippi Earned Parole Eligibility Act, reduces the time served to be considered for parole for certain convictions. Republican Senator Angela Hill of Picayune read a summary of the bill provided by an attorney. She claims language in this and other parole reform bills is muddled, and is concerned violent criminals are already receiving illegitimate parole opportunities. Democratic Senator Juan Barnett of Heidelberg, chairs the Corrections Committee and has been a long-time advocate for criminal justice reform. He insists sexual offenders, murderers and traffickers are among the crimes that don't qualify for parole. He also says its sometimes necessary to consider the individual acts of a parolee more than the simple language of the conviction.Segment 2:Mississippi is expected to receive 15 thousand doses of the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccine this week, and community health centers will be instrumental in vaccinating some of the most difficult-to-reach communities in the state. The Delta Health Center, based in Mound Bayou, is using drive-thru coronavirus vaccination sites, as well as 7 certified clinics to vaccinate Mississippians in 5 rural delta counties. John Fairman, CEO at Delta Health Center, tells our Kobee Vance the center is now able to receive vaccines directly from the federal government.Segment 3:Southern Remedy Health MinuteSegment 4:Mississippi could soon join dozens of states in allowing for the home delivery of alcohol. House Bill 1135 would allow for licensed businesses to deliver wine and spirits to customers within a 30-mile radius. Under the legislation, those operating delivery services must obtain a permit from the state. The bill could benefit restaurants and local businesses like Queens Reward Meadery in Tupelo by allowing them to deliver alcohol directly to local customers. Owner Jeri Carter says most of her business comes through the on-site tasting room. She tells our Michael Guidry she is excited about how the bill could potentially allow her to serve her customer base in a different way. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What's going on kinfolk?! I got my my kinfolk, designer & founder of Kyris Kustoms, Kyris Brown (@kyriskustoms) in the City!! Join the convo as we discuss his Delta MS roots & the history of Mound Bayou, the tailoring process, fashion trends, and I'm also trying to find out if tailoring will make me look taller! Lol, y'all know what we do in the City....Come Build Witcha Kinfolk!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/key-to-the-city-podcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/key-to-the-city-podcast/support

Pastor J talks with Bishop Acen Phillips. 1. The 3 Term President of The Northern District Baptist Convention 2. President of The Western State Baptist Convention 3. Former V.P. Of The National Baptist Convention 4. Former Colorado SCLC President 5. President of The Denver's Ministers Alliance 6. President of The Greater Metro-Denver's Ministers Alliance 7. 2020 Trailblazer Award for working with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1958 to 1968 8. Born in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Listen in Live You Don't want to Miss it!

A profile of Mound Bayou, a town in the central Mississippi delta founded by former slaves who turned the area into a thriving self-sufficient Black community. Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/mound-bayou.

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Cuff and Mo catch up with renowned personal trainer and radio personality Vini Vegas to talk about what it means to truly have a LIMITLESS MINDSET. The native of the historical Mound Bayou, Mississippi goes in depth about his upbringing and how he came from working as a trainer to running his own gym and thriving in Keller, Texas. As the owner of The Limitless Fitness Studio, Vini touches on what he thinks is the biggest obstacle for people today when it comes to physical fitness and some of the simple things we can do to get in shape for 2020. Vini, never afraid of challenge, also gives out some nuggets on how everybody can maximize their strengths and what he thinks is the ultimate key to success in any avenue. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ryan-cuffee4/message

This is the beginning of a 1941 interview with George Johnson, a formerly enslaved man who belonged to Joseph Davis, the owner of the Hurricane plantation in Warren County, Mississippi. Joseph Davis was the brother of Jefferson Davis, the President of Confederate States of America. Johnson discusses Benjamin Montgomery, another slave who belonged to Joseph Davis, who managed Hurricane. But Montgomery was also an inventor. Among other things, he invented a boat propeller, which became controversial in 1858, when Jefferson Davis tried to patent Montgomery's invention, and the Patent Office rejected Davis's application, because no one could take the patent oath. Davis was not the inventor, and under Dred Scott, Montgomery was not a person.The interview was recorded by Alan Lomax in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, an African-American community founded by Benjamin Montgomery's son Isaiah Montgomery, which still exists today.More information about Benjamin Montgomery and his patent is available in Brian L. Frye, Invention of a Slave, 68 Syracuse Law Review 181 (2018). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

M. Therese Lysaught discusses Mary Stella Simpson, a Catholic sister and midwife who transformed maternity care in the United States and took her healing work to the Jim Crow-ravaged town of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, where she cheerfully and unrelentingly worked for change. … Read More The post A Midwife of Grace: Mary Stella Simpson and the Transcendence of Accompaniment appeared first on The Project on Lived Theology.

M. Therese Lysaught discusses Mary Stella Simpson, a Catholic sister and midwife who transformed maternity care in the United States and took her healing work to the Jim Crow-ravaged town of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, where she cheerfully and unrelentingly worked … Read More The post A Midwife of Grace: Mary Stella Simpson and the Transcendence of Accompaniment appeared first on The Project on Lived Theology.

Programme de EDOUARD & GASPARD CAUPEIL pour webSYNradio : Medicine for a nightmare. Ce mix pour webSYNradio est un road movie sonore autour de la question noire, avec des sons extraits du tournage de « Chocolate City » (réa E.Caupeil) à Mound Bayou dans le Mississippi, des bribes d'interview, des sons d'archives, des phrases de James Baldwin, Barack Obama, Cornel West, et une tracklist engagée/engageante : Sun-Ra, Fela Kuti, Goodie Mob, Watts Prophets, Prince Buster, Amadou Balaké, Jeru The Damaja, Lord Invader & His Calypso Rhythm Boys, Ice Cube, Solomon Ilori and His Afro-Drum Ensemble, Kenne' Wayne, Kendrick Lamar, Donny Hathaway, Cold Crush Brothers

On today's show: The latest as state legislators press for infrastructure solutions during the Special Session. Then, find out why some Mound Bayou students are protesting their school's new merger. And, we'll learn which four Mississippi counties top the Appalachian region's list of healthy communities.

For this week’s episode, we revisit Coach Sank Powe’s 1999 interview. MSM 496 focused on his successful 25 year career as the men's baseball coach for Cleveland High School in Cleveland, Mississippi. Today, we examine his childhood, growing up on a Delta plantation as the son of a poor tenant farmer. Powe enjoyed listening to professional baseball on the radio and recalls learning how to swing a bat by hitting rocks and bottle caps with an old hoe handle. He began playing baseball with local adult teams as a teenager in Mound Bayou, working on the farm after school and dreaming of becoming a professional ballplayer. Mound Bayou was a favorite destination for Negro League baseball teams in those years. Powe enjoyed watching those legendary players and even toured with the Birmingham Black Barons when they needed an extra man. He explains how the public’s perception of the Negro Leagues’ legacy has evolved over time. Sank Powe never played major league baseball, but he coached high school ball in Cleveland and scouted for the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals.  He reflects on his career, the advantages being a professional baseball scout afforded him, and all the young people whose lives he touched. Coach Powe passed away on January 20, 2013.

While civil rights activists worked in Mississippi in 1964, they encountered a poverty they could never have imagined. People were hungry, starving to death from malnutrition, particularly in the Mississippi Delta. Doctors and medical professionals, including Dr. Jack Geiger, joined together to form the Medical Committee for Human Rights. Geiger founded a community health center in Mound Bayou, Mississippi where he and his medical team wrote prescriptions for food, started a farm cooperative, taught nutrition classes, and ultimately reduced hunger in the region. This episode was produced by Sarah Reynolds.

According to history, in 1887 a town was founded in the Mississippi Delta by two former freed slaves who purchased 840 acres of Mississippi swampland that was covered with a forest of trees.   In 1907, a small group of settlers came to the town that had been named Mound Bayou, that were prepared to face the hardships of hard work. Mound Bayou was soon home to dozens of businesses, three cotton gins, a sawmill, a cottonseed oil mill, and a bank. All of them black-owned. It also had several schools, a train station, a Carnegie library and in 1942, Taborian Hospital opened, serving Blacks from all over the Delta. Hundreds of years later, Mound Bayou is still there. Although it's not thriving like it used to be. One local put it like this: "We're not where we'd like to be, but we're still here."  You can join the conversation tomorrow night at 8 p.m.by calling 646-668-8485 or you can download stitcher on your electronic device.

While civil rights activists worked in Mississippi in 1964, they encountered a poverty they could never have imagined. People were hungry, starving to death from malnutrition, particularly in the Mississippi Delta. Doctors and medical professionals, including Dr. Jack Geiger, joined together to form the Medical Committee for Human Rights. Geiger founded a community health center in Mound Bayou, Mississippi where he and his medical team wrote prescriptions for food, started a farm cooperative, taught nutrition classes, and ultimately reduced hunger in the region.

Sank Powe of Mound Bayou became the head baseball coach of Cleveland High School in 1971, one year after school desegregation. In this episode, he recalls the resistance he encountered both from white parents and the black community. As a coach of high school boys and girls for twenty-five years, Powe developed a coaching style that he describes as a mixture of enthusiasm, motivation and fear. Looking back on his career, Powe points with pride to the impact he has had on his students and the importance of chemistry between a coach and his players.  He also explains his philosophy of walking the walk in all aspects of life.

Roy Wilkins: The Right to Dignity To watch this video please visit Public Access America https://youtu.be/VzztzLp_tHk Roy Wilkins (August 30, 1901 - September 8, 1981) was a prominent civil rights activist in the United States from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins was active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and between 1931 and 1934 was assistant NAACP secretary under Walter Francis White. When W. E. B. Du Bois left the organization in 1934, Wilkins replaced him as editor of Crisis, the official magazine of the NAACP. Roy Wilkins was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up in the home of his aunt and uncle in a low-income, integrated community in St. Paul, Minnesota. Working his way through college at the University of Minnesota, Wilkins graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in sociology in 1923. He worked as a journalist at The Minnesota Daily and became editor of St. Paul Appeal, an African-American newspaper. After he graduated he became the editor of the Kansas City Call. In 1929 he married social worker Aminda "Minnie" Badeau; the couple had no children. In 1950, Wilkins-along with A. Philip Randolph, founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and Arnold Aronson, a leader of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council-founded the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR). LCCR has become the premier civil rights coalition, and has coordinated the national legislative campaign on behalf of every major civil rights law since 1957 In 1955, Wilkins was named executive secretary (the title was later changed to executive director in 1964) of the NAACP. He had an excellent reputation as an articulate spokesperson for the civil rights movement. One of his first actions was to provide support to civil rights activists in Mississippi who were being subject to a "credit squeeze" by members of the White Citizens Councils. Wilkins backed a proposal suggested by Dr. T.R.M. Howard of Mound Bayou, Mississippi who headed the Regional Council of Negro Leadership, a leading civil rights organization in the state. Under the plan, black businesses and voluntary associations shifted their accounts to the black-owned Tri-State Bank of Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of 1955, about $280,000 had been deposited in Tri-State for this purpose. The money enabled Tri-State to extend loans to credit-worthy blacks who were denied loans by white banks. Wilkins participated in the March on Washington (1963), the Selma to Montgomery marches (1965), and the March Against Fear (1966). He believed in achieving reform by legislative means; he testified before many Congressional hearings and conferred with Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter. Wilkins strongly opposed militancy in the movement for civil rights as represented by the "black power" movement. In 1967, Wilkins was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Lyndon Johnson. During his tenure, the NAACP led the nation into the Civil Rights movement and spearheaded the efforts that led to significant civil rights victories, including Brown v. Board of Education, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In 1977, at the age of 76, Wilkins retired from the NAACP and was succeeded by Benjamin Hooks. He died September 9, 1981. In 1982 his autobiography Standing Fast: The Autobiography of Roy Wilkins was published posthumously. The Roy Wilkins Centre for Human Relations and Human Justice was established in the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs in 1992. Source Link https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2546045 Copyright Link https://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/

Jo Ivester '77 discusses her new book, The Outskirts of Hope, a memoir written in collaboration with her mother, about life in Mound Bayou, Mississippi in the 1960s. Read more: http://bit.ly/1MfFDaN Transcript: https://bit.ly/2JdmLfT

Family history is our personal connection to the past. In this week's episode, Ethel Patton D’Anjou of Claiborne County tells the story of her great grandfather’s escape from slavery. She also shares the tale of how her great grandmother, a native American was spared from the Trail of Tears by her birth parents and ended up in Mound Bayou. PODCAST EXTRA: Alcorn University was founded in 1871 to educate the descendants of former slaves. Ethel Patton D’Anjou recounts her grandparent’s decision to come to Alcorn and open their own business. She hopes that her family’s history continues to provide inspiration for generations to come.  

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This program will feature PANW reports on the developing situation in the West African state of Burkina Faso. In addition, there will be special tribute to revolutionary Assata Shakur on the 35th anniversary of her liberation; Mrs. Ida B. Wells-Barnett the educator, journalist, women's activist and anti-lynching crusader will be remembered in the second hour; and pioneering civil rights, women's rights and physician Dr. T.R.M. Howard of Mound Bayou, Mississippi will be examind for his contributions through an archived interview and speech from 1956.

Born and raised in Chicago, Ahuvah Gray attended Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois from January 1964 through June 1966. Leaving the academic world by choice, Ahuvah Gray joined the corporate world for thirty years. For twenty- three years she worked with Continental Airline-first as a flight attendant, then as a supervisor of flight attendants, as well as sixteen in Sales and Marketing. After leaving the airline industry, she started her own travel agency called DG Travel. She parlayed her experience as a stewardess and staff supervisor for Continental Airlines into a travel agency specializing in group tours to Israel, Egypt and Greece. She served as a Christian minister in the African American community both in Chicago and Los Angeles for 14 years. She left that world in 1996 to fulfill her spiritual yearnings and to become a Jew. After visiting Israel 14 times in five years, she presented myself before the Jerusalem Beis Din-rabbinical court- as a candidate for conversion to Judaism. Her halachic conversion process took two years. She identifies herself with the Chareidi-traditional Orthodox-community and has lived her life daily according to the mitzvos of the Torah since 1996. She presently resides in Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem and prays at the Gra shul every Shabbath and festivals. Her Jerusalem neighborhood is far from her grandparent's and parents roots in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, but close in spirit to the sentiments of her loving family. She still maintains a close relationship with the surviving members of her family. It has been her privilege to meet many fascinating people from all walks of life. They have influenced her appreciation for the world at large, and for the innate dignity of the human soul. Her autobiography, My Sister the Jew, was published by Targum/Feldheim in 2001. She has extensive experience addressing audiences, both adults as well as youth, having taught a tefillah(prayer) class at “Michlalet Esther,” a division of Neve Yerushalayim (a women's seminary in Israel) and has traveled around the world as a speaker on behalf of her book, recently speaking at Oxford University. In terms of her professional work, she is an author, lecturer and tour guide. She recently started a small business in Israel as a marketing consultant for small businesses. In addition, she specializes in motivational seminars, as well as in workshops focusing on prayer, inspiration and career objectives. Ahuvah can be found at: http://www.ahuvahgray.com/index.php Listen as Janét and Ahuvah discuss spirituality and her conversion to Judaism.

Writing for Jet and Ebony for 53 years, longer than any other journalist, Washington bureau chief Simeon Booker was on the front lines of virtually every major event of the civil r4ights movement. In Shocking the Conscience, Booker tracks the freedom struggle not from the usual ignition points but starts with a massive voting rights rally in Mound Bayou, Mississippi in 1955. He vowed that lynchings would not be ignored beyond the black press, and his coverage of Emmett Till's death galvanized the movement. This is the story of the century that changed everything about journalism, politics, and more in America, as only the dean of the black press could tell it.Simeon Booker was the first full-time African American reporter for the Washington Post. "The dean of black journalists," he retired after  53 years at Jet and Ebony in 2007 at the age of 88. Booker was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame in 2013. Shocking the Conscience was written with Carol McCabe Booker.Recorded On: Wednesday, July 24, 2013

In this interview from 1940, Mr. George Johnson of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, shares memories of slavery times, including his relationship with Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy. The interviewers are Charles Johnson, Lewis Jones, John Work, Elizabeth and Alan Lomax.