Africa Mississippi Settled By Runaway Slaves, New Africa Road . . . Drive down Highway 61 from Memphis, Tennessee, into Mississippi, through 70 miles of mostly cotton fields into the town of Clarksdale As you cross the Sunflower River bridge on the highway, there is a road sign reading “new Africa Road ”
New Africa: Black Towns in Mississippi after Emancipation The settlement of New Africa, about 18 miles south of Clarksdale, was listed in the 1921-1922 Negro Year Book from Tuskegee Institute, but no population is given The Mississippi Department of Archives and History identified the community as Africa
Murders Around Mississippi: June 2005 - Blogger A decorated grave along the side of New Africa Road between Clarksdale and Parchman, Mississippi The road is named after a settlement in the Mississippi Delta An earlier community nearby called Africa was located in the Great Swamp and was home to runaway enslaved Africans who were aided by the Choctaw Indians
List of Streets in Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi . . . 1st Street, East 38614; 2nd Street, East 38614; 2nd Street, West 38614; 3rd Street 38614; 4th Street 38614; 5th Street 38614; 6th Street 38614; 7th Street 38614; 8th Street 38614; 9th Street 38614; Adams Alley 38614; Adams Avenue 38614; Adams Circle 38614; Alabama Avenue 38614; Alan Drive 38614; Alana Cove 38614; Alana Drive 38614; Alida Street
Annexation now in effect - Press Register Three areas of Coahoma County were officially annexed into the city of Clarksdale on Sunday completing a process that has taken close to 10 years The city of Clarksdale adopted an ordinance in December 2011 attempting to annex five areas from the County
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