First Baptist M.B. Church - Port Gibson, MS
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N 31° 57.700 W 090° 58.959
15R E 690646 N 3537963
A church made famous during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's.
Waymark Code: WMCMRD
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2011
Views: 9
From the marker:
FIRST BAPTIST M.B. CHURCH
Founded in 1867 by freedmen. Moved
to this site ca.1896. Played a
vital role in the Civil Rights
Movement in Port Gibson. Beginning
in 1965, the NAACP held meetings
here to promote boycotts of
local white merchants, who subsequently
filed suit. In a landmark ruling
in 1982, the U.S. Supreme Court
upheld the legality of the boycotts.
Date Installed:: 1999/1/1
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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