Gulfport in Harrison County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Dr. Felix Henry Dunn

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 22, 2017

1. Dr. Felix Henry Dunn Marker

Inscription. An African American physician, lived and practiced medicine here fron 1953 until 2002. His work to register African American voters provoked repeated death threats and fire bombing of his clinic. He was president of the Gulfport Branch NAACP and marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., treating injured protestors during the Selma to Montgomery marches. A champion of public housing and Head Start centers, Dr. Dunn was the first African American to serve on the Harrison County Development Commission.

Erected 2011 by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the Mississippi State Historical Marker Program series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1953.

Location. 30° 22.412′ N, 89° 6.46′ W. Marker is in Gulfport, Mississippi, in Harrison County. It is at the intersection of 38th Avenue and 19th Street, on the right when traveling south on 38th Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 38th Avenue, Gulfport

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MS 39501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: St. Therese Parish Hall (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Magnolia Route (approx. one mile away); Harrison County Confederate Monument (approx. one mile away); First Baptist Church, Gulfport (approx. 1.2 miles away); Ship Island (approx. 1.2 miles away); 1863 East Pascagoula Raid (approx. 1.2 miles away); Gulfport - Harrison County Library (approx. 1.3 miles away); Old Gulfport High School (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gulfport.

Dr. Felix Henry Dunn Marker and former office. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 22, 2017

2. Dr. Felix Henry Dunn Marker and former office.

View from marker south on 38th Avenue. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 22, 2017

3. View from marker south on 38th Avenue.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 23, 2017. It was originally submitted on March 23, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 888 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 23, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.