Albert Luandrew, better known as Sunnyland Slim, who was born in Vance (c. 1906), was a central figure on the Chicago blues scene from the 1940s until his death in 1995. Other noted Chicago bluesmen with Quitman County roots included Snooky Pryor, . . . — — Map (db m174068) HM
During one of his visits to Marks, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. visited families who lived on Cotton Street and Sims Street. Dr. King was overcome with emotion and wept after seeing the poor conditions in which the families lived. Many believe that . . . — — Map (db m253738) HM
Following the arrest of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) organizer Willie Bolden and six others, students and teachers left Quitman County High School and marched through downtown Marks on their way to the Quitman County Jail, where . . . — — Map (db m253735) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m253733) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m253734) HM
In March 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. visited Marks
to get support for a Poor People's Campaign. He
envisioned masses converging on Washington in a plea
for new anti-poverty projects. King wanted the march
to begin in Mississippi, with mules and . . . — — Map (db m174171) HM
In response to the arrest of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) organizer Willie Bolden, students and teachers marched to the Quitman County Courthouse, where the protest was met with violence by state troopers wearing riot gear. . . . — — Map (db m253736) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m253739) HM
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to a group of people at Silent Grove Baptist Church in March of 1968 to rally local support for the Poor People's Campaign. The original church building where Dr. King spoke was destroyed by fire and was rebuilt on . . . — — Map (db m253737) HM
The son of a Sledge sharecropper, Charley Frank Pride first won notice as a singer when music was just a sideline to his early baseball career. Taking a shot at what seemed an unlikely career in Nashville, he went on to record fifty-two Top Ten . . . — — Map (db m107544) HM
John Lee Hooker (c. 1917-2001), one of the most famous and successful of all blues singers, had his musical roots here in the Delta, where he learned to play guitar in the style of his stepfather, Will Moore. Hooker spent many of his early years . . . — — Map (db m174054) HM
