Editing Greenwood, Mississippi

{{distinguish|Greenville, Mississippi}}
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| official_name            = Greenwood, Mississippi
| settlement_type          = [[City (Mississippi)|City]]
| image_skyline            = Greenwood, Mississippi (2022).jpg
| image_caption            = Howard Street in Greenwood
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| map_caption              = Location of Greenwood, Mississippi
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| subdivision_name1        = [[Mississippi]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Mississippi|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Leflore County, Mississippi|Leflore]]
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| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Carolyn McAdams ([[Independent politician|I]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carolyn McAdams – Delta Business Journal |url=https://deltabusinessjournal.com/carolyn-mcadams/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_28.txt| publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 24, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 302.87
| area_land_km2            = 301.95
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| area_land_sq_mi          = 12.34
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| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 14490
| population_density_sq_mi = 1174.71
| population_density_km2   = 453.56
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| timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset = &minus;6
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| area_code                = [[Area code 662|662]]
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| blank_info               = 28-29340
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
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| website                  = {{URL|https://www.greenwoodms.com}}
}}

'''Greenwood''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Leflore County, Mississippi|Leflore County]], [[Mississippi]], United States,<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> located at the eastern edge of the [[Mississippi Delta]] region, approximately 96 miles north of the state capital, [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]],  and 130 miles south of the riverport of [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. It was a center of [[cotton]] [[Plantation|planter]] culture in the 19th century.

The population was 15,205 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. It is the principal city of the Greenwood [[Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]]. Greenwood developed at the confluence of the [[Tallahatchie River|Tallahatchie]] and the [[Yalobusha River|Yalobusha]] rivers, which form the [[Yazoo River]].

==History==
[[File:Howard.street.greenwood.ms.postcard.jpg|thumb|Howard Street]]
[[File:Front Street buildings along the Yazoo River.jpg|thumb|Front Street buildings along the Yazoo River]]

===European settlement===
The first Euro-American settlement on the banks of the [[Yazoo River]] was a trading post founded in 1834 by Colonel Dr. John J. Dilliard<ref name=greenwood>{{cite book|author1=Donny Whitehead|author2=Mary Carol Miller|title=Greenwood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mTL6TxmacCwC|access-date=May 13, 2013|date=September 14, 2009|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-6786-0}}</ref>{{rp|7}} and known as Dilliard's Landing. The settlement had competition from Greenwood Leflore's rival landing called Point Leflore, located three miles up the Yazoo River. The rivalry ended when Captain James Dilliard donated parcels in exchange for a commitment from the townsmen to maintain an all-weather turnpike to the hill section to the east, along with a stagecoach road to the more established settlements to the northwest.<ref>Smith, Frank E. (1954). ''The Yazoo River''. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. pp. 57-58. {{ISBN|0-87805-355-7}}</ref>

The settlement was incorporated as "Greenwood" in 1844, named after Chief Greenwood LeFlore. The success of the city, founded during a strong international demand for [[cotton]], was based on its strategic location in the heart of the Delta: on the easternmost point of the [[alluvial plain]], and astride the [[Tallahatchie River|Tallahatchie]] and Yazoo rivers. The city served as a shipping point for cotton to major markets in [[New Orleans]], [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]], [[Memphis, Tennessee]], and [[St. Louis, Missouri]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greenwood, Mississippi {{!}} Advisory Council on Historic Preservation |url=https://www.achp.gov/preserve-america/community/greenwood-mississippi#:~:text=Strategically%20located,%20Greenwood%20served%20as,town%20the%20name%20Cotton%20Row. |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=www.achp.gov}}</ref>

The construction of the [[Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad]] and the [[Georgia Pacific Railway]] through the city in the 1880s revitalized the local economy<ref name=greenwood/>{{rp|8}} and shortened transportation time to markets. Downtown's Front Street, bordering the Yazoo, was dominated by cotton [[Factor (agent)|factors]] and related businesses, earning that section the name "Cotton Row".

===20th century===
The city continued to prosper well into the 1940s. Cotton production suffered in Mississippi during the infestation of the [[boll weevil]] in the early 20th century; however, for many years the bridge over the Yazoo displayed the sign "World's Largest Inland Long Staple Cotton Market".

Cotton cultivation and processing became largely mechanized in the first half of the 20th century, displacing thousands of [[Sharecropping|sharecroppers]] and tenant farmers. Since the late 20th century, some Mississippi farmers have begun to replace cotton with [[Maize|corn]] and [[soybean]]s as commodity crops; with the textile manufacturing industry having shifted overseas, farmers can gain stronger prices for the newer crops, used mostly as animal feed.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/business/06cotton.html?em Krauss, Clifford. "Mississippi Farmers Trade Cotton Plantings for Corn"], ''The New York Times'', May 5, 2009</ref>

Greenwood's Grand Boulevard was once named one of America's 10 most beautiful streets by the U.S. Chambers of Commerce and the Garden Clubs of America. Sally Humphreys Gwin, a charter member of the Greenwood Garden Club, planted the 1,000 [[oak]] trees that line Grand Boulevard. In 1950, Gwin received a citation from the National Congress of the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] in recognition of her work in the conservation of trees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com|title=NewspaperArchive® - Genealogy & Family History Records|website=Newspaperarchive.com|access-date=28 July 2018}}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ftJm0hwGAGEC&dq=%22ten+most+beautiful+streets%22&pg=PA87 Kirkpatrick, Mario Carter. ''Mississippi Off the Beaten Path'']{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, GPP Travel, 2007.<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed, if any --></ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|9.5|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|9.2|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.3|sqmi|km2}} is water. {{Citation needed|reason=Information does not match current data on the US Census Bureau's website|date=May 2025}}

===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = Greenwood, Mississippi ([[Greenwood–Leflore Airport]]), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1948–present
|single line = Y
|collapsed   = yes
|Jan record high F = 84
|Feb record high F = 84
|Mar record high F = 88
|Apr record high F = 94
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 104
|Jul record high F = 105
|Aug record high F = 106
|Sep record high F = 103
|Oct record high F = 100
|Nov record high F = 89
|Dec record high F = 85
|year record high F = 106

|Jan avg record high F = 73.9
|Feb avg record high F = 76.7
|Mar avg record high F = 82.8
|Apr avg record high F = 86.8
|May avg record high F = 91.7
|Jun avg record high F = 95.0
|Jul avg record high F = 97.9
|Aug avg record high F = 98.8
|Sep avg record high F = 96.0
|Oct avg record high F = 89.9
|Nov avg record high F = 81.8
|Dec avg record high F = 75.7
|year avg record high F = 99.8

|Jan high F = 54.2
|Feb high F = 58.8
|Mar high F = 67.2
|Apr high F = 75.2
|May high F = 82.9
|Jun high F = 89.1
|Jul high F = 91.5
|Aug high F = 91.9
|Sep high F = 87.3
|Oct high F = 77.3
|Nov high F = 65.7
|Dec high F = 57.1
|year high F = 74.8
|Jan mean F = 44.4
|Feb mean F = 48.3
|Mar mean F = 56.1
|Apr mean F = 64.0
|May mean F = 72.3
|Jun mean F = 79.0
|Jul mean F = 81.5
|Aug mean F = 81.1
|Sep mean F = 75.6
|Oct mean F = 64.9
|Nov mean F = 53.8
|Dec mean F = 47.1
|year mean F = 64.0
|Jan low F = 34.7
|Feb low F = 37.9
|Mar low F = 45.1
|Apr low F = 52.8
|May low F = 61.7
|Jun low F = 68.8
|Jul low F = 71.6
|Aug low F = 70.4
|Sep low F = 63.8
|Oct low F = 52.4
|Nov low F = 41.9
|Dec low F = 37.0
|year low F = 53.2

|Jan avg record low F = 16.6
|Feb avg record low F = 21.4
|Mar avg record low F = 27.0
|Apr avg record low F = 35.8
|May avg record low F = 46.5
|Jun avg record low F = 58.6
|Jul avg record low F = 63.9
|Aug avg record low F = 61.9
|Sep avg record low F = 48.0
|Oct avg record low F = 33.9
|Nov avg record low F = 25.7
|Dec avg record low F = 21.5
|year avg record low F = 14.6

|Jan record low F = -2
|Feb record low F = -4
|Mar record low F = 15
|Apr record low F = 28
|May record low F = 35
|Jun record low F = 49
|Jul record low F = 53
|Aug record low F = 52
|Sep record low F = 35
|Oct record low F = 27
|Nov record low F = 15
|Dec record low F = 2
|year record low F = -4
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 4.52
|Feb precipitation inch = 5.04
|Mar precipitation inch = 4.76
|Apr precipitation inch = 5.82
|May precipitation inch = 4.44
|Jun precipitation inch = 3.74
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.82
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.21
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.83
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.41
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.86
|Dec precipitation inch = 5.33
|year precipitation inch = 51.78
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in

|Jan precipitation days = 9.6
|Feb precipitation days = 10.0
|Mar precipitation days = 10.7
|Apr precipitation days = 8.9
|May precipitation days = 9.8
|Jun precipitation days = 9.0
|Jul precipitation days = 9.3
|Aug precipitation days = 8.2
|Sep precipitation days = 6.0
|Oct precipitation days = 7.4
|Nov precipitation days = 8.3
|Dec precipitation days = 10.2
|year precipitation days = 107.4
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name=NOAA>{{cite web
| url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=jan
| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = June 9, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USW00013978&format=pdf
| title = Station: Greenwood Leflore AP, MS
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = June 9, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 308
|1890= 1055
|1900= 3026
|1910= 5836
|1920= 7793
|1930= 11123
|1940= 14767
|1950= 18061
|1960= 20436
|1970= 22400
|1980= 20115
|1990= 18906
|2000= 18425
|2010= 15205
|2020= 14490
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Greenwood Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2829340&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-06|website=Data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]]
|3,646
|25.16%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]]
|10,198
|70.38%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|7
|0.05%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|154
|1.06%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|276
|1.9%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|209
|1.44%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 14,490 people, 4,924 households, and 2,793 families residing in the city.

===2010 census===
At the 2010 census,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=Greenwood Mississippi |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 14, 2013 }}</ref> there were 15,205 people and 6,022 households in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,237.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 6,759 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 30.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 67.0% [[Black (U.S. Census)|Black]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], <0.1% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], <0.1% from other races, and 0.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.1% of the population.

Among the 6,022 households, 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.8% were married couples living together, 29.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.6% were non-families. 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals living alone and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.16.

==Arts and culture==
===Mississippi Blues Trail markers===
[[File:WGRMRadioStudioBluesTrailMarker.jpg|thumb|[[WGRM (AM)|WGRM Radio Studio]] Blues Trail marker]]

Radio station [[WGRM (AM)|WGRM]] on Howard Street was the location of [[B.B. King]]'s first live broadcast in 1940. On Sunday nights, King performed live [[gospel music]] as part of a quartet.<ref>
{{cite web
 |url=http://www.atlantamagazine.com/uploadedFiles/Atlanta/Travel/November07%20Travel.pdf 
 |title=Great Southern Getaways - Mississippi 
 |publisher=Atlantamagazine.com 
 |access-date=2008-05-31 
 |last=Cloues 
 |first=Kacey 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625011127/http://www.atlantamagazine.com/uploadedFiles/Atlanta/Travel/November07%20Travel.pdf 
 |archive-date=2008-06-25 
 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref> In memory of this event, the [[Mississippi Blues Trail]] has placed its third historic marker in this town at the site of the former radio station.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07025/756420-37.stm
|title=Historical marker placed on Mississippi Blues Trail
|publisher=Associated Press
|access-date=2007-02-09
| date=January 25, 2007
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.myvelodrome.org/NMI/Greenwood_Commonwealth_11.14.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912125816/http://www.myvelodrome.org/NMI/Greenwood_Commonwealth_11.14.pdf |archive-date=2008-09-12 |url-status=live
|title=Film crew chronicles blues markers
|publisher=The Greenwood Commonwealth
|access-date=2008-09-30
}}</ref>
Another Mississippi Blues Trail marker is placed near the grave of the blues singer [[Robert Johnson]].<ref>
{{cite web
 |url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=347773 
 |title=JS Online: Blues trail 
 |publisher=Jsonline.com 
 |access-date=2008-05-29 
 |last=Widen 
 |first=Larry 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215034624/http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=347773 
 |archive-date=2007-12-15 
 |url-status=dead 
}}
</ref> A third Blues Trail marker notes the [[Elks Lodge (Greenwood, Mississippi)|Elks Lodge]] in the city, which was an important black organization.<ref>
{{cite web
|url=http://www.msbluestrail.org/blues_trail/
|title=Mississippi Blues Commission - Blues Trail
|publisher=Msbluestrail.org
|access-date=2008-05-29}}
</ref> A fourth Blues Trail marker was dedicated to [[Hubert Sumlin]] that is located along the Yazoo River on River Road.
<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.msbluestrail.org/locations/hubert-sumlin-map
|title=Mississippi Blues Commission - Blues Trail
|publisher=Msbluestrail.org
|access-date=2008-05-29}}</ref>

== Government==
=== Local government ===
Greenwood is governed under a [[city council]] form of government, composed of council members elected from seven [[single-member district|single-member]] wards and headed by a mayor, who is elected [[at-large]].

==Education==
[[Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District]] (GLCSD) operates public schools. Previously the majority of the city was in [[Greenwood Public School District (Mississippi)|Greenwood Public School District]] while small portions were in the [[Leflore County School District]].<ref name=LefloreCoSDmap2010>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st28_ms/c28083_leflore/DC10SD_C28083_001.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513044539/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st28_ms/c28083_leflore/DC10SD_C28083_001.pdf |archive-date=2021-05-13 |url-status=live|title=SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Leflore County, MS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2021-05-12}}</ref> These two districts consolidated into GLCSD on July 1, 2019.<ref>"[https://mpe.org/mpe/documents/Consolidation.Final.pdf School District Consolidation in Mississippi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702083623/https://mpe.org/mpe/documents/Consolidation.Final.pdf |date=2017-07-02 }}." Mississippi Professional Educators. December 2016. Retrieved on July 2, 2017. Page 2 (PDF p. 3/6).</ref> [[Greenwood High School (Mississippi)|Greenwood High School]] is the only public high school in Greenwood. As of 2014, the student body is 99% black. [[Amanda Elzy High School]], outside of the Greenwood city limits, was formerly of the Leflore County district.  It was recently taken over by the State of Mississippi for poor performance as a result of deficient leadership.

[[Pillow Academy]], a private school, is located in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] [[Leflore County, Mississippi|Leflore County]], near Greenwood.

[[Delta Streets Academy]], a newly founded private school located in downtown Greenwood, has an enrollment of nearly 50 students. It has continued to increase enrollment.

St. Francis Catholic School, run by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Jackson]], provides classes from kindergarten through sixth grade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgwschool.org/|title=Home|publisher=St. Francis Catholic School|access-date=2021-05-13}}</ref>

In addition, North New Summit School provides educational services for special-needs and at-risk children from kindergarten through high school.<!-- Is this private or public? -->

==Media==
===Newspapers, magazines and journals===
* ''[[The Greenwood Commonwealth]]''

===Television===
* [[WABG-TV]] – ABC/Fox affiliate
* [[WMEL-TV]] - MeTV affiliate
* [[WMAO-TV]] – PBS affiliate

===AM/FM radio===
* [[WABG (AM)|WABG]], [[960 AM]] ([[blues]])
* [[WGNG]], [[106.3 FM]] ([[hip-hop]]/[[urban contemporary]])
* [[WGNL]], [[104.3 FM]] ([[urban adult contemporary]]/blues)
* [[WGRM (AM)|WGRM]], [[1240 AM]] ([[Gospel music|gospel]])
* [[WGRM-FM]], [[93.9 FM]] (gospel)
* [[WMAO-FM]], [[90.9 FM]] ([[NPR]] broadcasting)
* [[WKXG (FM)|WKXG]], [[92.7 FM]] ([[Country music]]) KIX-92.7
* [[WYMX]], 99.1 FM ([[classic rock]])

===Filming location===
''[[Nightmare in Badham County]]'' (1976), ''[[Ode to Billy Joe (film)|Ode to Billy Joe]]'' (1976), and ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]'' (2011) were filmed in Greenwood.<ref>Barth, Jack (1991). ''Roadside Hollywood: The Movie Lover's State-By-State Guide to Film Locations, Celebrity Hangouts, Celluloid Tourist Attractions, and More''. Contemporary Books, p. 169. {{ISBN|9780809243266}}.</ref> The 1991 movie ''[[Mississippi Masala]]'' was also set and filmed in Greenwood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102456/locations|title= Mississippi Masala (1991) Filming & Production|publisher=[[IMDb]]|access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
====Railroads====
Greenwood is served by two major rail lines. [[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail system, provides service to Greenwood, connecting New Orleans to Chicago from [[Greenwood (Amtrak station)|Greenwood station]].<!-- and the other? freight? -->

====Air transportation====
Greenwood is served by [[Greenwood–Leflore Airport]] (GWO) to the east, and is located midway between [[Jackson, Mississippi]], and [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. It is about halfway between [[Dallas, Texas]], and [[Atlanta, Georgia]].

====Highways====
* [[U.S. Route 82]] runs through Greenwood on its way from Georgia's Atlantic coast ([[Brunswick, Georgia]]) to the [[White Sands, New Mexico|White Sands]] of [[New Mexico]] (east of [[Las Cruces, New Mexico|Las Cruces]]).
* [[U.S. Route 49]] passes through Greenwood as it stretches between [[Piggott, Arkansas]], south to [[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]].
* Other Greenwood highways include [[Mississippi Highway 7]].

==Notable people==
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* [[Valerie Brisco-Hooks]], Olympic athlete<ref>{{cite news|title=Stardom Comes too Slowly for Speedster|publisher=The Record|date=February 11, 1985|author=Mike Celizic|page=s09}}</ref>
* [[C. C. Brown]], professional football player<ref>{{cite web | title = C.C. Brown | publisher = Detroit Lions | url = http://www.detroitlions.com/team/roster/C.C.-Brown/f38cc972-654f-4f02-9f0d-4c2f3664d32f | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100526085853/http://www.detroitlions.com/team/roster/C.C.-Brown/f38cc972-654f-4f02-9f0d-4c2f3664d32f | access-date = March 23, 2023| archive-date = 2010-05-26 }}</ref>
* [[Nora Jean Bruso]], blues singer and songwriter<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|author=Richard Skelly |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/nora-jean-bruso-mn0000232605 |title=Nora Jean Bruso &#124; Biography & History |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2015-12-16}}</ref>
* [[Louis Coleman]], Major League Baseball pitcher<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=colemlo01|title = Louis Coleman Stats|publisher=Baseball Almanac|access-date= July 18, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Byron De La Beckwith]], white supremacist, assassin of civil rights leader [[Medgar Evers]]<ref>{{cite magazine | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875008-2,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080405174115/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,875008-2,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = April 5, 2008 | title =  A Little Abnormal: The Life of Byron De La Beckwith | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date = July 5, 1963 | access-date = January 26, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Carlos Emmons (American football)|Carlos Emmons]], professional football player<ref>{{cite news|title=Football Signings in the Mid-South|newspaper=The Commercial Appeal|date=February 7, 1991|page=D5}}</ref> 
* [[Betty Everett]], R&B vocalist and pianist<ref>{{cite news| title = Betty Everett, 61, of 'The Shoop Shoop Song'| newspaper = New York Times| date = August 23, 2001| url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00817F63F550C708EDDA10894D9404482| access-date = January 26, 2014}}</ref>
* [[James L. Flanagan]], electrical engineer and speech scientist
* [[Alphonso Ford]], professional basketball player<ref>{{cite news|title=Ford left huge legacy in Euroleague basketball|publisher=Greenwood Commonwealth|date=October 29, 2009|author=Bryan Crawford}}</ref>
* [[Webb Franklin]], United States congressman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000347|access-date=January 26, 2014|title=Franklin, William Webster, (1941 - )|publisher=U.S. Congress}}</ref>
* [[Morgan Freeman]], actor<ref name=carl>{{cite news|title= Carl Small Town Center Continues Making a Difference in the Delta|publisher=US Fed News|date=December 4, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Jim Gallagher, Jr.]], professional golfer<ref>{{cite news|title=A hectic week for golfing Gallaghers|publisher=Greenwood Commonwealth|date=July 19, 2012|author=Bill Burrus}}</ref>
* [[Bobbie Gentry]], singer/songwriter<ref>{{cite book| author=John Howard| title=Men Like That: A Southern Queer History| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q077jM9qDvwC&pg=PA176| date=10 October 2001| publisher=University of Chicago Press| isbn=978-0-226-35470-5| page=176}}</ref>
* [[Sherrod Gideon]], professional football player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/gide00200.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506014708/http://www.profootballarchives.com/gide00200.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 6, 2016 |title=Sherrod Gideon |work=TheProFootballArchives |access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Gerald Glass]], professional basketball player
* [[Guitar Slim]], blues musician<ref>{{cite book| author=Scott Stanton| title=The Tombstone Tourist: Musicians| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9eEPAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA134| date=1 September 2003| publisher=Gallery Books| isbn=978-0-7434-6330-0| page=134}}</ref>
* [[Lusia Harris]], basketball player<ref>{{cite book| author=David Kenneth Wiggins| title=Sport in America: From Colonial Leisure to Celebrity Figures and Globalization| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LwdEP9ISuCEC&pg=PA370| year=2010| publisher=Human Kinetics| isbn=978-1-4504-0912-4| page=370}}</ref>
* [[Endesha Ida Mae Holland]], American scholar, playwright, and civil rights activist
* [[Dave Hoskins]], professional baseball player
* [[Kent Hull]], professional football player<ref>{{cite book|author=Sal Maiorana|title=Memorable Stories of Buffalo Bills Football|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dq5_vwrBUoEC&pg=PA82|date=January 2005|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-58261-963-7|page=82}}</ref>
* [[Cal Alley|Tom Hunley]], ex-slave and the inspiration for the character "Hambone" in [[J. P. Alley]]'s syndicated cartoon feature, ''Hambone's Meditations''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msgw.org/slaves/hunley-xslave.htm|title=Mississippi Slave Narratives from the WPA Records|publisher=MSGenWeb|access-date=January 26, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Robert Johnson]], blues musician<ref name=carl/>
* [[Jermaine Jones]], soccer player for the [[New England Revolution]] and [[United States men's national soccer team|United States national team]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Filip Bondy|title=Chasing the Game: America and the Quest for the World Cup|url=https://archive.org/details/chasinggameameri0000bond|url-access=registration|date=27 April 2010|publisher=Da Capo Press, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-306-81905-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/chasinggameameri0000bond/page/253 253]}}</ref>
* [[Cleo Lemon]], Toronto Argonauts quarterback<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/cleolemon/2504793/profile|title=Cleo Lemon|website=Nfl.com|access-date=January 26, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Furry Lewis|Walter "Furry" Lewis]], blues musician<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Oliver|title=Songsters and Saints: Vocal Traditions on Race Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0bz5xm_m3dMC&pg=PA232|date=27 September 1984|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-26942-1|page=232}}</ref>
* [[Bernie Machen]], president of the [[University of Florida]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=University of Florida |title=The President |url=http://president.ufl.edu/about/machen/ |access-date=January 26, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119190944/http://president.ufl.edu/about/machen/ |archive-date=January 19, 2014 }}</ref>
* [[Della Campbell MacLeod]] (ca. 1884 – ?), author and journalist
* [[Paul Maholm]], baseball pitcher<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=430904#gameType=%27R%27|website=Mlb.com|title=Paul Maholm Stats|access-date=January 26, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Matt Miller (right-handed pitcher)|Matt Miller]], baseball pitcher<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=285080#gameType=%27R%27|website=Mlb.com|title=Matt Miller Stats|access-date=January 26, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Mulgrew Miller]], jazz pianist<ref>{{cite book|author=Bob Doerschuk|title=88: The Giants of Jazz Piano|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odQy4t6U5wIC&pg=PA287|year=2001|publisher=Backbeat Books|isbn=978-0-87930-656-4|page=287}}</ref>
* [[Juanita Moore]], actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-juanita-moore-20140103-story.html |title=Juanita Moore dies at 99; 'Imitation of Life' actress earned Oscar nod |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2014-01-02}}</ref>
* [[Carrie Nye]], actress<ref>{{cite book|author=Max Apple|title=Mom, the Flag, and Apple Pie: Great American Writers on Great American Things|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zGQ0AAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-385-11459-2|page=39}}</ref>
* [[W. Allen Pepper Jr.]], US federal judge<ref>{{cite book|title=The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_AI8AQAAIAAJ|volume=10|year=1996|publisher=LexisNexis.|page=1135| isbn=9781561601783 }}</ref>
* [[Fenton Robinson]], blues singer/guitarist<ref>{{cite book|author1=Nigel Williamson|author2=Robert Plant|title=The rough guide to the blues|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AgE8AQAAIAAJ|date=2 April 2007|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-84353-519-5|page=308}}</ref>
* [[Laverne Smith]], NFL player
* [[Tonya Stewart]], actress<ref>{{cite book|author=Bob McCann|title=Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&pg=PA314|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-5804-2|page=314}}</ref>
* [[Hubert Sumlin]], blues guitarist<ref>{{cite book|author=Jas Obrecht|title=Rollin' and Tumblin': The Postwar Blues Guitarists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qBIaN63ZJEMC&pg=PA210|year=2000|publisher=Miller Freeman Books|isbn=978-0-87930-613-7|page=210}}</ref>
* [[Donna Tartt]], novelist<ref>{{cite book|author=Tracy Hargreaves|title=Donna Tartt's The Secret History: A Reader's Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l9juSx7s2gIC&pg=PA7|date=1 September 2001|publisher=Continuum|isbn=978-0-8264-5320-4|page=7}}</ref>
* [[James K. Vardaman]], Mississippi governor, senator, and white supremacist 
* [[Charlie Wells (writer)|Charlie Wells]], mystery writer, author of ''Let the Night Fall'' (1953) and ''The Last Kill'' (1955)
* [[Willye B. White]], Olympic athlete<ref>{{cite book|author=Martha Ward Plowden|title=Olympic Black Women|url=https://archive.org/details/olympicblackwome00plow|url-access=registration|date=January 1996|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=978-1-4556-0994-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/olympicblackwome00plow/page/143 143]}}</ref>
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==See also==
{{Portal|Mississippi}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120310104459/http://www.cityofgreenwood.org/ City of Greenwood]

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