Mississippi Civil Rights Project

History of the 82 counties

Background/History

As of the census of 2000, there were 21,979 people residing in Clay County. There were 8,152 households and 5,885 families.

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Chester Arthur Burnett
West Point was the birthplace of blues musician "The Howlin' Wolf,"or "Howlin' Wolf,"Chester Arthur Burnett, (1910-1976).
Louis James O'Neal
O'Neal served as president of the NAACP Clay County Chapter and received the Johnny Jackson NAACP Award.
Linda Hannah
Hannah, a local bank employee in West Point, was the first African American woman to e elected to the board of Selectmen of the City of West Point.
Rev. William Ivory (W.I.) Robbins
Robbins began his ministerial work at age twenty-six. He served as pastor of Mt. Herman Baptist Church for twenty-seven years and St. Paul Baptist Church of West Point for twenty-three years.

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