Mound Bayou Heroes
This formerly enslaved man founded Mound Bayou, Mississippi in 1887. He believed Black people should build their own town.
A. Booker T. Washington
B. Isaiah T. Montgomery
C. Frederick Douglass
D. W.E.B. Du Bois
B. Isaiah T. Montgomery
The Mississippi Delta is a flat, low land in the northwestern corner of which US state?
A. Mississippi
B. Alabama
C. Arkansas
D. Louisiana
A. Mississippi
The Delta is known for a special style of music born from the fields and churches there. What kind of music is it?
A. Jazz
B. The Blues
C. Country
D. Rock and Roll
B. The Blues
Mound Bayou is named partly after ancient earthen mounds built by which group of people long before Europeans arrived?
A. Native Americans
B. Spanish explorers
C. French traders
D. African farmers
A. Native Americans
Isaiah Montgomery's cousin helped him found Mound Bayou. What was this helper's first name?
A. Benjamin
B. Charles
C. John
D. James
A. Benjamin
The Delta got its rich, dark soil from this mighty river flooding over thousands of years.
A. The Mississippi River
B. The Ohio River
C. The Missouri River
D. The Arkansas River
A. The Mississippi River
Mound Bayou once had its own hospital so Black patients could get care. What was it called?
A. Taborian Hospital
B. Delta Medical Center
C. Freedom Hospital
D. Green Cross Hospital
A. Taborian Hospital
The nickname for Mississippi is the 'Magnolia State.' What is a magnolia?
A. A flowering tree
B. A type of fish
C. A river delta
D. A cotton variety
A. A flowering tree
Isaiah Montgomery was once enslaved on the plantation of Jefferson Davis, who was the president of what group of states during the Civil War?
A. The Union States
B. The Border States
C. The Confederate States
D. The Free States
C. The Confederate States
Before the Civil War, enslaved people were forced to work on large farms in the Delta growing this white fluffy crop.
A. Cotton
B. Corn
C. Tobacco
D. Rice
A. Cotton
Mound Bayou had its own oil mill that pressed this crop to make oil and animal feed. It was a huge deal for the town!
A. Sunflower
B. Corn
C. Soybean
D. Cottonseed
D. Cottonseed
The famous blues musician Robert Johnson was from the Delta. Blues musicians often played a guitar. How many strings does a standard guitar have?
A. 12
B. 4
C. 8
D. 6
D. 6
Mound Bayou was famous for being an 'all-Black' town. What does that mean?
A. It was founded, owned, and run entirely by Black citizens
B. It had the most Black people in the whole USA
C. Only Black children could go to school there
D. Black people invented it using new technology
A. It was founded, owned, and run entirely by Black citizens
After slavery ended, many Black families in the Delta became 'sharecroppers.' What did sharecroppers do?
A. Shared their crops with neighbors for free
B. Built boats to share on the river
C. Farmed land owned by someone else and shared the crops as payment
D. Traded crops at a big market
C. Farmed land owned by someone else and shared the crops as payment
Delta farmers grow a lot of rice, soybeans, and catfish today. What is a catfish farm called?
A. Aquaculture farm
B. Dairy farm
C. Orchard
D. Ranch
A. Aquaculture farm
Mound Bayou celebrated its founding every year with a big community festival. What is a community festival called when it celebrates a town's birthday?
A. Independence Day
B. Founder's Day
C. Mardi Gras
D. Harvest Moon
B. Founder's Day
Mary Booze was an important woman from Mound Bayou who became one of the first Black women elected to a national committee in this political party.
A. Democratic Party
B. Republican Party
C. Green Party
D. Whig Party
B. Republican Party
In the early 1900s, many Black families left the Delta to move north to cities like Chicago. Historians call this the Great ______.
A. Escape
B. Journey
C. March
D. Migration
D. Migration
In 1967, a special health clinic opened in Mound Bayou to help poor families get free or cheap medical care. It was one of the first in the country. What type of clinic was it?
A. Military hospital
B. University clinic
C. Community health center
D. Church infirmary
C. Community health center
Booker T. Washington visited Mound Bayou and called it the 'Jewel of the Delta.' He was also famous for founding which school in Alabama?
A. Howard University
B. Morehouse College
C. Fisk University
D. Tuskegee Institute
D. Tuskegee Institute