Noel House - Jackson, MS
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N 32° 18.005 W 090° 12.157
15S E 763408 N 3577136
A Mississippi History Marker in Jackson, MS
Waymark Code: WMDCV0
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2011
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Noel House
On this site was the house of Andrew J and Susie Davis Noel, built 1924. Active in the NAACP the Noels hosted Freedom Riders here in 1960. In 1948, Gladys Noel Bates filed the first lawsuit in the state seeking equal pay for black public school teachers. In 1951, equal pay was approved by the Mississippi Legislature.
Date Installed:: 2002/1/1
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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