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1 week ago | 
listenupyall.com | Roscoe Barnes III
NATCHEZ, Miss. — Mayor Dan Gibson kicked off a fundraising campaign Wednesday, April 9, for the Dr. John Bowman Banks Museum, which is commonly known as the Dr. John Banks House. Gibson was joined by the museum staff and other community members. He said a total of $15,000 is being sought to repair the building’s aging roof. The two-story wood-framed house, which is located at 9 St. Catherine Street, was built in 1892. It is named for Dr. John Bowman Banks, the city’s first Black physician.
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4 weeks ago | 
natchezdemocrat.com | Roscoe Barnes III
Published 11:38 am Wednesday, March 26, 2025 NATCHEZ — The 2025 Natchez Powwow will be a weekend of Native American culture brimming with great music, food, and exciting entertainment on the Natchez Bluff, said Natchez Powwow Chairman Dr. Chuck Borum. The event is set for this Saturday and Sunday, March 29 and 30, at 319 N. Broadway Street. “We will have people coming in from all across Mississippi, Oklahoma, and many other states,” Borum said.
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2 months ago | 
natchezdemocrat.com | Roscoe Barnes III
Published 12:40 pm Friday, February 7, 2025 NATCHEZ – The Rhythm Night Club (On Site) Memorial Museum has opened a theater room where visitors can watch recordings of the people who survived the fatal fire of April 23, 1940 – the deadliest club fire in the nation’s history. Monroe Sago, co-owner of the museum with his wife, Betty, recently cleared out his office in the back of the building and turned it into a 20×12 theater that can seat 15 people.
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2 months ago | 
researchgate.net | Roscoe Barnes III
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2 months ago | 
listenupyall.com | Roscoe Barnes III
Trustees of the Natchez Historical Society are ecstatic about their annual dinner held Tuesday, January 28, at the Natchez Grand Hotel. Over 130 people turned out for the event that featured a presentation of the 2025 Historic Preservation Award to Lance S.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
natchezdemocrat.com | Roscoe Barnes III
Published 12:41 pm Monday, January 20, 2025 NATCHEZ — Natchez Alderman Billie Joe Frazier, Ward 2, will serve as the grand marshal for the NAACP’s annual Martin Luther King Day parade in Natchez. Due to cold temperatures on Monday, the parade in Natchez has been postponed. The parade will instead take place Sunday, Jan. 26, said parade committee chair Jacqueline Marsaw.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
researchgate.net | Roscoe Barnes III
___________________________________________________________________________________ 224 Arkansas Review 55.3 (December 2024) The Miss-Lou Military Museum and Veterans Welcome/Information Center 107 Jefferson Davis Boulevard Natchez, Mississippi, 39120 by Roscoe Barnes III, PhD Cultural Heritage Tourism Manager Visit Natchez The Miss-Lou Military Museum and Vet- erans Welcome/Information Center exists as a vital resource to inspire communities of young people and pay tribute to the men and...
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
natchezdemocrat.com | Roscoe Barnes III
Published 10:54 am Tuesday, January 14, 2025 NATCHEZ — After being on hold for several years, the “I Have a Dream Youth Luncheon” will once again be held in recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The event, last held before COVID-19 in 2019, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, January 20, at the Natchez Convention Center. The price of the meal is $11 per person.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
natchezdemocrat.com | Roscoe Barnes III
Published 3:00 pm Friday, January 3, 2025 NATCHEZ – Mississippi Humanities Council recently awarded a $2,111 mini-grant to Visit Natchez for a new publication on the life of Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori (1762-1829). The working title is “Prince Ibrahima: A Profile and Self-Guided Tour.” It will feature a short biography of Ibrahima, a list of the sites he visited and other areas, including gravesites, related to his life history in Natchez and Adams County.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
natchezdemocrat.com | Roscoe Barnes III
Published 11:18 am Tuesday, December 31, 2024 NATCHEZ — Katie Blount, director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, announced major plans for multiple historic sites in 2025 — and later — that include Windsor Ruins, the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, and Historic Jefferson College, among others. The Grand Village will be renamed the Natchez Tribal History Center.
