This program is free to the publicBy Roscoe Barnes IIIVisit NatchezDr. Max GrivnoUniversity of Southern MississippiNATCHEZ, Miss. – Dr. Max Grivno,...
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Natchez included in Freedom Summer Commemoration
Top of the Morning column published in The Natchez Democrat (Sunday, March 31, 2024, page 4A)(Click on image to enlarge.)Top of the MorningNatchez...
Civil Rights veteran Jim Kates returning to Natchez
Jim Kates, civil rights veteran of the 1960sNATCHEZ, Miss. -- Jim Kates, who served as a civil rights worker in Natchez in 1965, will return to the...
MDAH announces grant for Natchez College
This story appears on page 2A in the January 25, 2023, issue of Concordia Sentinel (Ferriday, La.).MDAH announces $750,000 grant for historic...
My article on Bluff City Savings Bank, the first and only black-owned bank in Natchez, Miss.
It appears in the July/Aug 2023 issue of Natchez MagazineI’m happy to share my latest piece of writing on African American history in Natchez. This...
MDAH’s Freedom Summer project comes to Natchez
(Click on image to enlarge.)The Freedom Summer project organized by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, came to Natchez on Thursday,...
Natchez honors the 3rd U.S. Colored Cavalry
By Roscoe Barnes IIINatchez, MS, USA / ListenUpYall.comJun 14, 2024 | 2:41 PMMayor Dan Gibson, center, is pictured with the re-enactors for the 3rd...
Experience the Parchman Ordeal of the 1960s in Natchez, Miss.
Scan the QR code to download the app that will give you a virtual experience of The Parchman Ordeal.(Click on image to enlarge.)
My article on George F. Bowles published by Natchez Magazine
The article presents the story of George F. Bowles and the house he built at 13 St. Catherine St., Natchez, Miss. In addition to being a veteran of...