Oil Mill, the Outgrowth of the Negroes National Business League. Mound Bayou, Mississippi

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of the Oil Mill, the outgrowth of the Negroes National Business League in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, a long, building on the left and a smaller building on the right with a tall smoke stack. A tree stands between the two buildings. Mound Bayou, in the Mississippi Delta: a town founded in 1887 by former slaves, with a vision that was revolutionary for its time. From the start, it was designed to be a self-reliant, autonomous, all-black community. Teddy Roosevelt proclaimed it “The Jewel of the Delta.” Booker T. Washington praised it as a model of “thrift and self-government.” The title of the card is printed along the bottom of the image.

Subjects

Postcards; Oil mills

Keywords

oil mills; Mound Bayou, MS

Geographic Location

Mound Bayou, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-Oil-Mill-Mound-Bayou_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Box 4, Mississippi Delta Region

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Recommended Citation

Oil Mill, the Outgrowth of the Negroes National Business League. Mound Bayou, Mississippi, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University