St. Benedict the Moor Center, Indianola, Mississippi, A Community Facility Under the Auspices of the Franciscan Friars

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Description

This postcard features a black and white image of the St. Benedict the Moor Center in Indianola, Mississippi, a community facility under the auspices of the Franciscan Friars. The building is a boxy shape with a window on either side of the trellis covered porch. A cross is on the siding above the porch. Trees are behind the building. The title of the card is printed along the bottom edge of the card. A paragraph in the upper left on the back of the card reads "St. Benedict the Moor Center opened in the spring of 1961 and has served as the hub of recreational activities, community meetings, and civil rights rallies for the black communities of Indianola and Sunflower County in Mississippi." Located at 403 Church Street, St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church still serves as a church. Ca. 1961.

Publisher

Artvue Post Card Co., New York, N. Y.

Subjects

Postcards; Religious organizations

Keywords

Franciscan Friars; St. Benedict the Moor

Geographic Location

Indianola, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Postcard-St-Benedict-The-Moor-Indianola_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

St. Benedict the Moor Center, Indianola, Mississippi, A Community Facility Under the Auspices of the Franciscan Friars, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University