Mound Bayou, Mississippi

<BODY><P> <BLOCKQUOTE>Founded July 12, 1887 by ex-slaves, Isaiah T. Montgomery and Benjamin T. Green, Mound Bayou remains the oldest bastion of Black municipal government in the South.</BLOCKQUOTE><P> <A HREF="http://www.milewis.com/moundbayou/index.html">Click here to go to www.moundbayou.org</A></BODY>