Historical Markers and War Memorials in Cleveland, Mississippi
Cleveland and Rosedale are both the county seat for Bolivar County
Cleveland is in Bolivar County
Bolivar County(52) ► ADJACENT TO BOLIVAR COUNTY Coahoma County(41) ► Sunflower County(28) ► Washington County(72) ► Chicot County, Arkansas(17) ► Desha County, Arkansas(16) ► Phillips County, Arkansas(94) ►
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On South Chrisman Avenue at Ruby Street, on the right when traveling south on South Chrisman Avenue.
Returning home from WWII, Cleveland businessman Amzie Moore (1911-1982) became a principal architect of early civil rights activism as a founding member of the Mississippi NAACP and the Regional Council of Negro Leadership. Convinced that . . . — — Map (db m90128) HM
On South Chrisman Avenue at Ruby Street, on the right when traveling south on South Chrisman Avenue.
Amzie Moore (1911-1982), a local Civil Rights leader, built this house
in 1941. An army veteran, Moore also worked for the U.S. Postal
Service. After returning from WWII, Moore dedicated himself to the
civil rights movement, co-founding the . . . — — Map (db m90074) HM
On South Court Street near North Pearman Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Front (East)
To the memory
of our
Confederate Dead.
1861-65.
Dead upon the field of glory
Hero fit for song and story.
Rear (West)
Bolivar County's
tribute to
southern heroism.
No nation . . . — — Map (db m90270) WM
On South Chrisman Avenue near Collins Street, on the left when traveling north.
Side 1
During the segregation era many towns in Mississippi had a particular street that served as the center of African American business and social life, catering not only to townsfolk but to farm hands and sharecroppers from the countryside . . . — — Map (db m170498) HM
On Cotton Row at North Sharpe Avenue, in the median on Cotton Row.
Named for President Grover Cleveland. Founded along Jones Bayou and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley R.R. in 1886. Downtown historic area listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1999. — — Map (db m90069) HM
On South Court Street at South Sharpe Street, on the right when traveling east on South Court Street.
A Cleveland High School graduate, Bowen (D-Miss.) served five terms in Congress (1973-1983). As chair of the Cotton, Rice, and Sugar Subcommittee and a member of the House Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, and Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committees, . . . — — Map (db m89935) HM
On South Court Street at North Bolivar Avenue, on the right when traveling west on South Court Street.
While leading his orchestra at a dance on this site c. 1905, Handy was
unable to perform requested blues numbers. A local band stepped in
and stole the show. "My enlightenment came in Cleveland. That night
an American composer was born," he . . . — — Map (db m89932) HM
On Ruby Street near Aloe Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Side 1
Despite their conceptual differences, gospel, the Sunday morning music of the church, and blues, the Saturday night music of the juke joint, share some of the same roots, influences and musical traits. Many African African singers have . . . — — Map (db m170501) HM
On West Sunflower Road (State Highway 8) at North 2nd Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Sunflower Road.
Side 1
The Los Angeles-based GRAMMY Museum’s decision to open a sister museum here in Cleveland in 2016 was a testament to Mississippi's rich musical heritage in blues, country, gospel, rock and other genres. Among Mississippi’s many GRAMMY . . . — — Map (db m170502) HM
On North Fifth Avenue at South Court Street, on the right when traveling south on North Fifth Avenue.
In 1926 the Hill Demonstration School opened for grades one through six, with kindergarten classes added in 1929. This laboratory-style school for Delta State student teachers had an initial enrollment of twenty-five and was housed in the basement . . . — — Map (db m90127) HM
On West Sunflower Road (State Highway 8) at A.K. Eckles Lane, on the right when traveling west on West Sunflower Road.
Lily Margaret Wade (1912-1995) was a standout on Cleveland High
School’s girls basketball team and Delta State’s women’s basketball
team. Compiling a CHS coaching record of 453-89-6, she began
coaching the Lady Statesmen in 1973, winning the AIAW . . . — — Map (db m90125) HM
On East Sunflower Road (State Highway 8) 0.2 miles east of North Davis Avenue (U.S. 278), on the right when traveling east.
Founded in 1937 by parents, Cleveland First Baptist Church, and community leaders to provide an education for children of Chinese descent who were excluded from area schools by the 1927 US Supreme Court decision, Gong Lum v. Rice. Students . . . — — Map (db m90066) HM
On South Sharpe Avenue at Shelby Street, on the right when traveling south on South Sharpe Avenue.
Four railroad depots have operated here since Cleveland was incorporated in 1886. The first depot—two Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR cars tied together and parked on a side track—disappeared when a prankster hooked it to an outgoing . . . — — Map (db m89937) HM
On South Court Street at North Pearman Avenue, on the right when traveling west on South Court Street.
Front
In W.C. Handy's famous account of his "enlightenment" in Cleveland, a ragged local trio was showered with coins after Handy's orchestra of trained musicians had been unable to similarly excite the crowd. In early manuscripts of . . . — — Map (db m90071) HM
On Coahoma Street at North 5th Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Coahoma Street.
A plan for relief of postwar Europe, suggested by Mississippi native
Will Clayton, was first announced here May 8, 1947, by Under
Secretary of State Dean Acheson at a meeting of the Delta Council. — — Map (db m90126) HM
