Natchez Historical Society: The Forgotten Role of Natchez in the Reconstruction Era of Mississippi
108 South Commerce Street
Natchez MS, 39120
info@natchezhistoricalsociety.org
Date: November 11, 2025
Time: 5:30 pm
NOVEMBER 11, 2025
HOSPITALITY SOCIAL: 5:30 PM
PROGRAM BEGINS: 6:00 PM
Speaker: Jere Nash, author of Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1862- 1877.
We will take a look at the ten year period after the Civil War. This turbulent and eventful era of reconstruction was a time when Black Mississippians embraced their new freedom and how White Mississippians could not.
Photo: Snow Scene Main and Pearl Streets-Natchez
1929
L.A. Benoist Collection, Natchez
Photo by Edwin E. Benoist, M.D.
