Leon Donnan’s Barber Shop

In the 1960s, a crucial time for civil rights, the two-story wood-frame building at 319 North Dr. Martin Luther King Street became a key meeting place for the Deacons of Defense and Justice in Natchez. Historians have described the building as a command post – “the hotbed workplace” of the founder of the Natchez Deacons – and “an observation point” for keeping an eye on the Klu Klux Klan. The building played a pivotal role where militants gathered to talk and plan actions in the Natchez civil rights movement and observe the KKK located in a store directly across the street. The site i part of the Mississippi Freedom Trail.