Springfield Liberty Historic Marker

Springfield Liberty  Road Historic Marker
Photo Credit: Antoinette Harrell

This marker is Easleyville, Louisiana, in St. Helena Parish. The Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 38 and State Highway 441, on the left when traveling east on State High. 38. 

 

Travels to Zama, Mississippi

 

Zama, Mississippi
Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr. 

Zama ia a unincorporated community in Attala County, Mississippi. I traveled there to interview people who lived there that could tell me about sharecropping. 

The Cotton Exchange Museum in Memphis, Tennessee

The Cotton Exchange Museum
Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr. 

The Cotton Exchange Museum in Memphis, TN is located in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. It was established in 1873. The museum was established as a result of the growing cotton industry. 

The Cotton Fields in the Mississippi Delta

The Cotton Field
Photo Credit: Shawn Escoffery

Documentary and travel photographer  Shawn Escoffery took this photograph. Shawn has traveled the world taking photographs of people and places. I was excited he chose to travel to the Mississippi Delta with . 

 

Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale, Mississippi

Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale, Mississippi
Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr. 

The Hopson Plantation family purchased a tract of land that became the home of the Hopson Plantation in Clarksdale, Mississippi. It is now a tourist destination with cabin that can be rented. 

Clarksdale, Mississippi Library Peonage Research

 

Clarksdale, Mississippi
Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr.

What are the chances of walking in a library and finding a magazine with your picture and genealogical DNA story?  This librarian walked up to me and asked me if I was the person in this magazine. She asked me to autograph the copy. People Magazine published an article on my trip to Niger, Africa in 2004.  This library is in Clarksdale, Mississippi. 

Dr. Antoinette Harrell Researching in Clarkdale, Mississippi

Clarksdale, Mississippi Peonage Research
Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr.

In researching peonage cases in Mississippi, Dr. Antoinette Harrell visited many counties. Many cases were found in the Department of Justice, FBI, and NAACP files. She found several counties in Mississippi based on the records.