(HISTORY) Pair of pins commemorating the 75th anniversary of

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(HISTORY.) Pair of pins commemorating the 75th anniversary of Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Pinback buttons, 1 inch and 1 3/4 inches; minor wear, light rust on verso. St. Louis, MO: St. Louis Button Company, [1962]

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Mound Bayou was founded as an all-African-American community in 1887 on a tract of wilderness land in northwestern Mississippi. The town still bills itself as "the oldest U.S. all black municipality." The smaller of these pins commemorates the founder Isaiah T. Montgomery, with his portrait. The larger pin reads "75th Anniversary of the Founding of Mound Bayou, Miss." and depicts Montgomery with his co-founder B.T. Green.