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

SCLC Office

802 Third Street

Photographed by Jason Voigt, July 31, 2024

1. SCLC Office Marker

Inscription. In March 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. returned to Marks and began organizing the Poor People's Campaign. Dr. King met with members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and other local leaders at the local SCLC office, which was set up in a house at the corner of Third Street and Denton Avenue in Marks. Prior to his death, Dr. King had made plans to stay in this home during the Mule Train events. (Marker Number 5.)

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

Location. 34° 15.025′ N, 90° 16.576′ W. Marker is in Marks, Mississippi, in Quitman County. It is at the intersection of 3rd Street and Denton Street, on the right when traveling north on 3rd Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 802 3rd St, 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

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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: Cotton Street Neighborhood (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Silent Grove Baptist Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Eudora A.M.E. Zion Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Marks Mule Train and Poor Peoples Campaign (approx. 0.4 miles away); Downtown Marks (approx. half a mile away); Madison S. Palmer High School (approx. 0.6 miles away); Quitman County Courthouse (approx. 0.6 miles away); Sunnyland Slim (approx. 3.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marks.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, July 31, 2024

2. SCLC Office Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 174 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 10, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.