Marks in Quitman County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)

Eudora A.M.E. Zion Church

301 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive

Photographed by Jason Voigt, July 31, 2024

1. Eudora A.M.E. Zion Church Marker

Inscription. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at Eudora A.M.E. Zion Church on March 18, 1968 to rally support for the Poor People's Campaign. Two months later, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) president Ralph Abernathy met with community members and protestors from Memphis at Eudora A.M.E. Zion Church to plan their march to the Quitman County Courthouse in opposition to the arrest of SCLC organizer Willie Bolden. (Marker Number 2.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Martin Luther King, Jr. series list. A significant historical date for this entry is March 18, 1968.

Location. 34° 15.261′ N, 90° 16.477′ W. Marker is in Marks, Mississippi, in Quitman County. It is on Martin Luther King Junior Drive south of Humphrey Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 529 M.L.K Jr Dr, Marks MS 38646, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Mississippi Delta,

and in the Great River Road Region.

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 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Silent Grove Baptist Church (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Downtown Marks (approx. 0.2 miles away); SCLC Office (approx. 0.3 miles away); Quitman County Courthouse (approx.

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0.4 miles away); Cotton Street Neighborhood (approx. 0.4 miles away); Marks Mule Train and Poor Peoples Campaign (approx. 0.7 miles away); Madison S. Palmer High School (approx. 0.8 miles away); Sunnyland Slim (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marks.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, July 31, 2024

2. Eudora A.M.E. Zion Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 271 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 9, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.