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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OZG_the-marshall-plan_Cleveland-MS.html
A plan for relief of postwar Europe, suggested by Mississippi native
Will Clayton, was first announced here May 8, 1947, by Under
Secretary of State Dean Acheson at a meeting of the Delta Council.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OZF_hill-demonstration-school_Cleveland-MS.html
In 1926 the Hill Demonstration School opened for grades one through six, with kindergarten classes added in 1929. This laboratory-style school for Delta State student teachers had an initial enrollment of twenty-five and was housed in the basement…
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Returning home from WWII, Cleveland businessman Amzie Moore (1911-1982) became a principal architect of early civii rights activism as a founding member of the Mississippi NAACP and the Regional Council of Negro Leadership. Convinced that…
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In W.C. Handy's famous account of his "enlightenment" in Cleveland, a ragged local trio was showered with coins after Handy's orchestra of trained musicians had been unable to similarly excite the crowd. In early manuscripts of his book F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OY0_amzie-moore-home_Cleveland-MS.html
Amzie Moore (1911-1982), a local Civil Rights leader, built this house
in 1941. An army veteran, Moore also worked for the U.S. Postal
Service. After returning from WWII, Moore dedicated himself to the
civil rights movement, co-founding the Reg…
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Music has been one of the many facets of African American culture proudly nurtured by the community of Mound Bayou, ranging from blues and R&B in cafes, lounges, and juke joints to musical programs in schools, studios, and churches. Mound…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OXV_the-cleveland-chinese-mission-school_Cleveland-MS.html
Founded in 1937 by parents, Cleveland First Baptist Church, and community leaders to provide an education for children of Chinese descent who were excluded from area schools by the 1927 US Supreme Court decision, Gong Lum v. Rice. Students in gra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OXS_cleveland_Cleveland-MS.html
Named for President Grover Cleveland. Founded along Jones Bayou and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley R.R. in 1886. Downtown historic area listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTN_delta-blues-inspires-w-c-handy_Cleveland-MS.html
While leading his orchestra at a dance on this site c. 1905, Handy was
unable to perform requested blues numbers. A local band stepped in
and stole the show. "My enlightenment came in Cleveland. That night
an American composer was born," he wro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTM_david-r-bowen_Cleveland-MS.html
A Cleveland High School graduate, Bowen (D-Miss.) served five terms in Congress (1973-1983). As chair of the Cotton, Rice, and Sugar Subcommittee and a member of the House Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, and Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committees,…