MoCoLMP Supports Investigation into Cheltenham Reformatory
This legislation calls for a deep dive on “the history, operations, and resident deaths” at the facility and the wooded area that was its cemetery. That site includes about 300 gravestones and cinder blocks that mark where some of the Black boys were buried from the 19th into the 20th centuries.
A Look at the History of Racial Violence in Montgomery County
Racism and racial violence in Montgomery County, MS.
Blocktown
The historic Black community of Blcoktown was founded by Thomas A. and Jennie Jackson in 1884
Swimming While Black in Montgomery County
As recently as 1972, nearly half of community pools in our county were still for whites only. Indeed, across the nation many white people clung to their community pool as a bastion exclusively for them. The effects of this racial discrimination linger today.