Editing Drew, Mississippi (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Mae Bertha Carter]], civil rights activist<ref name="Obit">Ravo, Nick. "[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/06/us/mae-bertha-carter-76-mother-who-defied-segregation-law.html Mae Bertha Carter, 76, Mother Who Defied Segregation Law]." ''[[The New York Times]]''. May 6, 1999. Retrieved on March 30, 2012.</ref>
*[[Boo Boo Davis]], blues singer who released an album entitled ''Drew, Mississippi''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/boo-boo-davis-mn0000081118/discography|title=Boo Boo Davis Albums and Discography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=25 June 2023}}</ref>
*[[Al Dixon]], former [[National Football League|NFL]] [[tight end]]
*[[Harold Dorman]], rock and roll singer and songwriter
*[[William Eggleston]], photographer who grew up in Drew
*[[Willie Louis]], born Willie Reed, witness to the murder of [[Emmett Till]]<ref name="Thompson 2021">{{cite magazine |last=Thompson |first=Wright |date=July 22, 2021 |title=His name was Emmett Till |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/09/barn-emmett-till-murder/619493/ |magazine=The Atlantic |access-date=July 24, 2021}}</ref>
*[[Archie Manning]], former NFL [[quarterback]], patriarch of the [[Manning family]]<ref>Didinger,  Ray. "[https://archive.today/20120723164657/http://www.csnphilly.com/08/14/11/bNFL-Notebookb-Archie-Manning-earns-Bagn/landing_insider_didinger.html?blockID=548144&feedID=704 NFL Notebook: Archie Manning earns Bagnell award]." Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia. Sunday August 14, 2011. Retrieved on September 2, 2011. "He thought it was good fortune to be drafted by a team so close to home (Drew, Miss.)[...]"</ref>
*[[Billy Stacy]], former NFL [[Safety (gridiron football position)|safety]]
*[[Pops Staples]] and Cleotha Staples, members of [[the Staple Singers]]<ref>{{cite news |author=Jon Pareles |title=Pops Staples, Patriarch of the Staple Singers, Dies at 85 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE0DC1638F931A15751C1A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 22, 2000 |access-date=2008-02-18}}</ref>