New historical markers to be dedicated

By Randy Bell

A MS Freedom Trail marker at 300 Northside Drive commemorates the Clinton Massacre. New historical markers are being added on July 17 to provide more details.

Two new historical markers being dedicated July 17 will help tell more of the Clinton Massacre story, which is already commemorated on the site with a Mississippi Freedom Trail marker at 300 Northside Drive.

A marker focusing on the Moss Hill Plantation will offer details about the location of an 1875 political rally where racial violence broke out, leaving seven people dead and leading to the massacre of as many as fifty others.

The other new marker looks at the ultimate result of the massacre—the suppression of the Black Republican vote, white Democrats regaining control of the Mississippi Legislature and, effectively, the end of Reconstruction in the state.

The Freedom Trail marker was dedicated in 2021.

A ceremony for the new markers is scheduled for July 17 at 10:30 a.m. at the site across from Federation Towers. Parking and a shuttle service will be available at Holy Ghost Baptist Church at 203 West Northside Drive. Those planning to attend are asked to allow time to be transported to the site.