On Dr. Douglas L. Conner Drive south of W Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
1830 The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, which ceded land from the Choctaw Indians to the U.S. government, ushered in white settlement and slavery.
1869 Mississippi passed a new constitution granting African-American men the right to vote.
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On Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr E (Mississippi Route 182) at North Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling west on Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr E.
In the early morning hours of May 11, 1965, Johnny Cash was arrested for public drunkenness after he was found picking flowers on this site following a show at Mississippi State University the previous evening. Cash, who spent the night at the . . . — — Map (db m235196) HM
On Main Street 0 miles east of Seitz Road, on the left when traveling west.
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Big Joe Williams (c. 1903-1982) epitomized the life and times of the rambunctious, roving bluesman, traveling from coast to coast and around the world playing rugged, rhythmic blues on his nine-string guitar at juke joints, house . . . — — Map (db m27750) HM
On University Drive west of North Nash Street, on the right when traveling west.
The history of this cemetery is scattered and difficult to pinpoint. During the 1830s and 1840s, a man named Joseph B. Earle began purchasing the land in both Mississippi and Alabama from the United States Government. During this time. Sore . . . — — Map (db m316209) HM
On University Drive west of North Nash Street, on the right when traveling west.
Husband, Father, Religious Leader and Caretaker
Mose Samuel Minor
Husband, Father, Religious Leader and Caretaker
Mose Samuel Minor was born in 1875 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. (Starkville, Mississippi). He married Miss Estella . . . — — Map (db m316014) HM
On Fellowship Street at Russell Street, on the right when traveling south on Fellowship Street.
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Oktibbeha County has produced several blues artists who achieved fame for their recordings and live performances in Chicago, California, or other areas. Blues Hall of Famer Big Joe Williams (c. 1903-1982), who waxed the classic . . . — — Map (db m102869) HM
On University Drive near Hartness Street, on the right when traveling west.
George Washington "Wash" Chiles was born in Pickens County Alabama July 1, 1840, and came to Starkville at the age of 8 years and lived in Starkville until his death April 29, 1929. Chiles and his family were slaves under the family of W. H. . . . — — Map (db m316016) HM
On Moor High Road 0.1 miles west of Belk Road, on the right when traveling west.
Constructed in 1960, B.L. Moor High School was
built for African American students as part of
Mississippi's equalization program following the
1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. The school
was formed from the consolidation of local . . . — — Map (db m244525) HM
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.
