Cedarbluff, Mississippi
Cedarbluff (or Cedar Bluff) is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Mississippi. It is located in south central Clay County along Mississippi Highway 50. The community has a store and three churches. It is a very small community but has a large mail route that encompasses Montpelier also. Montpelier is where West Clay Elementary is located.
In 1916, an African-American man called Jeff Brown was lynched by a mob after he ran into a white girl while catching a train.[1]
References
- ↑ Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror: Second Edition: Report Summary (PDF). Montgomery, Alabama: Equal Justice Initiative. 2015. p. 15.
White men lynched Jeff Brown in 1916 in Cedarbluff, Mississippi, for accidentally bumping into a white girl as he ran to catch a train.
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Coordinates: 33°35′12″N 88°49′56″W / 33.58667°N 88.83222°W
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