Sunday Screening of Promised Land: A Story About Mound Bayou
Promised Land: A Story About Mound Bayou will be shown at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 9. This documentary recounts the Mound Bayou community's success and growth formed under Isaiah Montgomery's leadership after the emancipation of enslaved people in Mississippi. A Q&A session with Roderick Red, CEO of Red Squared Media, and Matthew Holden, the consulting scholar on the documentary, will follow the screening. For more information, call 601-576-6850, or email info@mdah.ms.gov.