Irwin Russell - Port Gibson, MS
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member jdwms_1950
N 31° 57.459 W 090° 58.973
15R E 690632 N 3537518
Irwin Russell marker.
Waymark Code: WM2EJV
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jdwms_1950
Views: 41

E. 1 block is the birthplace of Irwin Russell. In a short life of 26 years he won fame with his poems in Negro dialect. Author of "Christmas Night in the Quarters" and other poems.
Date Installed:: 1954/01/01

Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Historical Comission

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