Editing Sunflower County, Mississippi (section)

==History==
Sunflower County was created in 1844. The land mass encompassed most of Sunflower and Leflore Counties as we know them today. The first seat of government was Clayton, located near Fort Pemberton. Later the county seat was moved to [[McNutt, Mississippi|McNutt]], also in present-day Leflore County. When Sunflower and Leflore counties were separated in 1871, the new county seat for Sunflower County was moved to Johnsonville. This village was located where the north end of Mound Bayou empties into the [[Sunflower River]]. In 1882 the county seat was moved to Eureka, which was later renamed Indianola.<ref>Hemphill, Marie M. (1980). ''Fevers, Floods and Faith — A History of Sunflower County Mississippi, 1844–1976''.<!-- publishing info needed --></ref> [[Boyer Cemetery]], located in [[Boyer, Mississippi|Boyer]], goes back to the early days of Sunflower County.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}

After the [[U.S. Civil War]], across several decades [[African American]]s migrated to Sunflower County to work in the [[Mississippi Delta]]. In 1870, 3,243 black people lived in Sunflower County. This increased to 12,070 in 1900, making up 75% of the residents in Sunflower County. Between 1900 and 1920, the black population almost tripled.<ref name="Moye28">Moye, J. Todd. ''[[Let the People Decide: Black Freedom and White Resistance Movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, 1945-1986]]''. [[University of North Carolina Press]], November 29, 2004. [https://books.google.com/books?id=KZ4IoG1nQuUC&dq=Parchman+%22middle+of+nowhere%22&pg=PA28 28]. Retrieved from [[Google Books]] on February 26, 2012; {{ISBN|0-8078-5561-8}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8078-5561-4}}</ref>