Rhythm Night Club - Natchez, MS
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jdwms_1950
N 31° 33.545 W 091° 23.852
15R E 652090 N 3492678
Rhythm Night Club - Natchez, MS
Waymark Code: WMJ0J4
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2013
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Rhythm Night Club
On April 23, 1940, 209 African Americans died in a fire at the Rhythm Club, located at this site. An overflow crowd, which included civic and cultural leaders, had come to hear the Walter Barnes Orchestra of Chicago. Considered among America's most deadly fires, the tragedy affected the entire Natchez community.
Date Installed:: 2004
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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