Itta Bena in Leflore County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
The "Caboose"
Photographed By Mark Hilton, April 5, 2021
1. The "Caboose" Marker
Inscription.
The "Caboose". . During the Civil Rights Movement, mass meetings were held at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Itta Bena to register voters, distribute food and teach citizens how to read and write. On June 18, 1963, more than seventy men, women and children were arrested and taken to the Itta Bena jail, known locally as “the Caboose," while assembling for a meeting. Charged with disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct, forty-five black citizens were arrested and sent to the county farm for 58 days and fined.
During the Civil Rights Movement, mass
meetings were held at Hopewell Missionary
Baptist Church in Itta Bena to register voters,
distribute food and teach citizens how to read
and write. On June 18, 1963, more than
seventy men, women and children were
arrested and taken to the Itta Bena jail, known
locally as “the Caboose," while assembling
for a meeting. Charged with disturbing the
peace and disorderly conduct, forty-five
black citizens were arrested and sent to the
county farm for 58 days and fined.
Erected 2021 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Location. 33° 29.652′ N, 90° 19.157′ W. Marker is in Itta Bena, Mississippi, in Leflore County. Marker is on Front Street east of Basket Street (State Route 7), on the right when traveling east. Located on an unpaved, unmarked road named Front Street behind 107 Basket Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Itta Bena MS 38941, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Itta Bena (about 400 feet away, measured in a
Credits. This page was last revised on April 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 5, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 295 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on April 5, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
