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A building at this site serving as a Freedom School and headquarters for Civil Rights workers was firebombed and destroyed on March 5, 1965. The building, originally a Baptist school, had been donated to the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) by the Sunflower County Baptist Association in 1964.
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| HM Number | HM1GRO |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 2004 |
| Placed By | The Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, September 20th, 2014 at 8:21am PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15S E 718749 N 3702781 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 33.44215000, -90.64678333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 33° 26.529', W 90° 38.807' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 33° 26' 31.74" N, 90° 38' 48.42" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 662 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling East |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 583-611 Jefferson St, Indianola MS 38751, US |
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