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On this site was the house of Andrew J and Susie Davis Noel, built 1924. Active in the NAACP the Noels hosted Freedom Riders here in 1960. In 1948, Gladys Noel Bates filed the first lawsuit in the state seeking equal pay for black public school teachers. In 1951, equal pay was approved by the Mississippi Legislature.
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| HM Number | HMYJ3 |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 2002 |
| Placed By | Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, September 8th, 2014 at 7:33am PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15S E 763408 N 3577136 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.30008333, -90.20261667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 18.005', W 90° 12.157' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 18' 0.30" N, 90° 12' 9.42" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 601 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1101-1155 Banks St, Jackson MS 39203, US |
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