Negro town on American Idol

On tonight’s American Idol’s Idol Gives Back show Randy and Morgan Freeman visited Mound Bayou, Mississippi, a U. S. Negro town: settled on July 12, 1887 by ex-slaves of Joe Davis, Isaiah T. Montgomery (member of 1890 state convention) and his cousin, Benjamin T. Green.

You can read about the history of Mound Bayou and view historic pictures of the town at the Mound Bayou Movement web site.

The television event Idol Gives Back began in 2007 as a way for those behind American Idol to "give back" and harness American Idol's ability to capture America's hearts and the power of entertainment to benefit some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world.

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