Meadville in Franklin County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Henry Dee and Charles Moore

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 27, 2022

1. Henry Dee and Charles Moore Marker

Inscription.
In May 1964, Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, two African American teenagers, became the first victims of Freedom Summer when they were kidnapped by members of the KKK. Taken into the Homochitto National Forest and tortured, they were driven to Parker's Landing, Louisiana, weighed down, and thrown into an old section of the Mississippi River alive. In 2007, one of the Klansmen testified against James Ford Seale in exchange for immunity. U.S. Attorney Dunn Lampton successfully prosecuted Seale, who was sentenced to three life sentences.

Erected 2020 by Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1964.

Location. 31° 28.252′ N, 90° 53.95′ W. Marker is in Meadville, Mississippi, in Franklin County. It is on Main Street (State Highway 184) east of Oldenburg Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Meadville MS 39653, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southwest

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Mississippi. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 17 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Memory Of Henry Hezakiah Dee & Charles Eddie Moore (here, next to this marker); The Birthplace of CSpire (approx. 0.4 miles away); D.P. Butler, Sr., M.D. Memorial Highway (approx. 2½ miles away); Dr. José Rodriguez (approx. 14.4 miles away); Crosby (approx. 16.2 miles away).

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 27, 2022

2. Henry Dee and Charles Moore Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 12, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 720 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 12, 2022, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.