Sunday, January 14, at 5:00 p.m., The City of Natchez, along with the Natchez Festival of Music, will hold our second annual Dr. King Community Celebration at the Historic Beulah Baptist Church, located at 710 B. Street, just across the street from Cathedral School on N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street. Recently added to the National Register of Historic Places, Beulah Baptist Church has been the scene of many notable events, including historic gatherings during our country’s Civil Rights Movement. It is only fitting that our celebration, “Lift Every Voice”, should take place there.

Josie Camper, Mayor Dan Gibson, Marla Gibson

Special tribute to the founders of NAPAC, the Natchez Association for the Preservation of African American Culture, and the Natchez Museum of African American History located on Main Street. Seven remarkable ladies, the late Judge Mary Lee Davis-Toles, Josie Gilchrest-Camper, Flora M. Green Terrell, Mary White, Patricia A. Washington, Juanita Jones, and the late Patricia Powers, blazed a trail for a museum that is today celebrated internationally – and we look forward to recognizing each one of them.

The five surviving founders were all present with Josie Gilchrest-Camper accepting the award for Mary Lee Toles, And Mary White accepting for Patricia Powers who are both deceased. Afterward, Mrs. Camper gave a summary of the creation NAPAC and the early beginning of the Musem. The contributions started by the dreams of these women have been a cornerstone in the preservation of Natchez African American History and Culture

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