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

Madison S. Palmer High School

1315 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive

Photographed by Jason Voigt, July 31, 2024

1. Madison S. Palmer High School Marker

Inscription. On May 1, 1968, several Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) members, including Willie Bolden, gathered at Quitman County High School to raise awareness about the Poor People's Campaign and to encourage students to participate in the Mule Train. The principal asked Bolden and SCLC members to leave, but they refused. The Sheriff's Department promptly arrested seven people, including Bolden, and took them to the county jail. Nearly 300 students and 13 teachers abandoned the school and marched to the jailhouse to demand the release of Bolden and the others. (Marker Number 6.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education. A significant historical date for this entry is May 1, 1968.

Location. 34° 14.546′ N, 90° 16.673′ W. Marker is in Marks, Mississippi, in Quitman County. It is on Charley Pride Highway south of Howard Street, on the right when traveling south. Marker is in front of the school under some trees. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1315 Charley Pride Hwy, Marks MS 38646, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this

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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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Marks Mule Train and Poor Peoples Campaign (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cotton Street Neighborhood (approx. 0.4 miles away); SCLC Office (approx. 0.6 miles away); Silent Grove Baptist Church (approx. 0.8 miles away); Eudora A.M.E. Zion Church (approx. 0.8 miles away); Downtown Marks (approx. one mile away); Quitman County Courthouse (approx. 1.2 miles away); Sunnyland Slim (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marks.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, July 31, 2024

2. Madison S. Palmer High School Marker

Marker is under some trees in front of the school.

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 177 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 9, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.