Real Gangstas of Black History: Mound Bayou 

My family's home. This makes me proud.

So much history to be proud of. My grandmother owned a restaurant in Mississippi, and hosted the student Freedom Riders when they came to the south... She was also a teacher and midwife. My uncle Milburn Crowe compiled a lot of historical papers on Mound Bayou that sit in University libraries. He is well known as the historian of Mound Bayou (and Mississippi generally ) I too, remember the mosquitoes but loved the red clay. I remember the water was so smooth and almost sweet to the taste.

My parents were born and raised in Mound Bayou. I grew up hearing the GREAT history of Mound Bayou. It’s history to cherish.

My Granny on my daddy side told me bout Mound Bayou, she say that our family (Stampley's) helped founded the town. Never dug into it more than a couole of obituaries

Shout out to I.T. Montgomery, Ben Greene, Charles Banks, Dr. T.M. Howard and all the other ancestors.💪🏾🖤 Im 15 min away in Clarksdale.

My family is from mound bayou and my grandma was a sharecropper there along with her 8 siblings. She moved to IL in the 1970s. However, when i visited mound bayou as a kid, the mosquitos were NO JOKE!! i want to visit again as an adult as i had no real appreciation for it as a child. Much love to my people!!!

My family is from mound bayou. It’s good to see so many others since it’s hard to run across others.

ALL of this history is new to me, and I will reference Mound Bayou, MS at every opportunity. Thank you!

Keep up the good work brother Mike. I had never known about Mound Bayou. Thanks.

Bro, you are truly an Instrument of The Light! Blessings & Love!

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So thats why the FBI had a file on Aretha Franklin!🤔

MY BROTHER CAN YOU GIVE A PODCAST ON BELZONIAM MISSISSIPPI. I HOPE THAT I SPELL IT CORRECTLY

Thank you!

Thank you! Until today, I’d never heard of any of this history. Sharing. 😊

Don’t forget, Benjamin Montgomery was the inventor of the first ship propeller made from wood and steel but he was unable to patent it due to the confederate laws that assumed their slaves technology as ownership of the master. I o my assume some of his earnings were paid out to him to some degree if Jefferson Davis’ brother had any humility in him. His invention was debuted on confederate ships before the union seized it and brought it to their navy school in Annapolis after the “civil” war. Listen, I have a story for you good Sir, one I’ve been trying to find out how to tell that runs from the 1890s all the way up to now. How can I get in touch??

Excellent

This was totally fascinating and I’ve never learned ANY of it before!

I KNEW OF A BOUT MOUND BAYOU MISSISSIPPI; I WENT TO ROSA FORTH HIGH SCHOOL IN TUNICA MISSISSIPPI. WE PLAYED THEM SPORTS. WE COULD NEVER BEAT THEM'S IN FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL. IT WAS A STORY TOLD TO ME THAT THOSE TWO FIELDS WERE BUILT OVER A GRAVE HARD ,I STILL DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS TRUE OR NOT. I DID KNOW THAT THEY HAD BLACK MAYOR'S AND THE TOWN WERE RAN BLACK PEOPLE'S. IT WAS A GOOD TOWN TOO GO PARTY AND ENJOY A GOOD MEAL. I KNEW MEGAR EVERS AND FANNIE LOU HAMMOND. I WERE PART OFF THE MOVEMENT IN TUNICA MISSISSIPPI. I LEFT AND WENT BACK TO MY BIRTH PLACE MEMPHIS TNN. I WAS DRAFTED INTO THE USA MILITARY. I LEARNED A LOT'S DURNING MY TOURS OF DUTY. I HAVE VISIT ALL THESE TOWNS THAT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PODCAST . NO ONE COMMITTING CRIMES , YOU COULD GO THERE AND FEEL SAFE

Excellent youtube channel

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Thank you! I think when you said Pro Life, you meant “Pro Quality of Life?” aka Pro Choice! Wonderful teaching!

All of north America was like this before the civil and revolution wars. The Reconstruction era was the switch.

Got Black AF in my bookshelf and audiobook on Audible