Noxubee County unveils historical marker, honoring the first black state legislators from the area - Home - WCBI TV

Noxubee County unveils historical marker, honoring the first black state legislators from the area - Home - WCBI TV

MACON, Miss. – The Making Their Mark project unveiled a historic marker on the lawn of the Noxubee County Courthouse honoring the county’s first black state legislators. When freedom came at the end of the civil war, Noxubee county’s population was around 74% African American. and with African Americans being able to hold elected office for the first time, 5 of the first 162 black legislators elected in the reconstruction period of the late 1860…