Winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, William Cuthbert
Faulkner was born in New Albany on September 25, 1897, and moved
with his family to Oxford as a child. He made an indelible mark on
American letters by bringing a modernist literary . . . — — Map (db m219907) HM
Established during the Civil War,
this cemetery was used for both
Union and Confederate soldiers
who died in the hospital at the
University of Mississippi following
the Battle of Shiloh. Shortly after the
war, the Union dead were removed
and . . . — — Map (db m219842) HM
Artist Theora Hamblett, a lifelong resident of
Lafayette County, was born in Paris, Mississippi
in 1895. Known for paintings of colorful trees,
childhood scenes, dreams and visions, much of
her work was associated with her religious
faith. . . . — — Map (db m219828) HM
In 1977 this building was dedicated in honor of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II (1825-1893).
Born in Putnam County, Georgia, Lamar moved to Mississippi in 1849. He joined the faculty of the University of Mississippi as adjunct professor of . . . — — Map (db m219857) HM
(Front):Davis' Brigade - Heth's Division A.P. Hill's Corps Army of Northern Virginia Confederate States of America Afternoon July 2 - July 4, 1863 (Back):The 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, under the command of Col. Francis M. . . . — — Map (db m11596) HM WM
(side 1)
Although Delta blues often claims the spotlight, other styles of the blues were produced in other regions of Mississippi. In the greater Holly Springs area, musicians developed a "hill county" blues style characterized by few chord . . . — — Map (db m84875) HM
Lynching in America
Thousands of black people were the victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to intimidate black . . . — — Map (db m219923) HM
R.L. Burnside (1926-2005) reigned as North Mississippi's most celebrated blues artist in the 1990s after alternative rock audiences across the country and overseas joined traditional blues aficionados in embracing his exuberant, spirited Hill . . . — — Map (db m247524) HM
Front
To Our
Confederate Dead
1861-1865,
Left side
They fell devoted, but undying;
The very gale their names seem'd sighing:
The waters murmur'd of their name;
The woods were peopled . . . — — Map (db m102996) WM
On this site was a five-teacher, wood
frame school building, ca. 1922-1936,
used for rural African American
education. It was one of more than 5,300
built in the South with matching funds
contributed by the Julius Rosenwald Fund,
black and . . . — — Map (db m219919) HM
Born in Tennessee on October 22, 1818, Charles Womble was the son of Amos and Sarah (Jarman) Womble. By 1850, Womble owned a farm near the town of Frankfort, which he helped select as the new seat of government for Franklin County, Alabama. Involved . . . — — Map (db m192076) HM
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1877 and 1950. During this era, racial terror lynching emerged as a stunning form of violent resistance to emancipation and . . . — — Map (db m219912) HM
Front
In Memory of
The Patriotism of the
Confederate Soldiers
Of Lafayette County,
Mississippi.
______
They Gave Their Lives
In A Just and Holy Cause.
Erected 1907
Left side (West)
A . . . — — Map (db m102994) WM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
