Charles Banks, c. 1905, in the library of his Mound Bayou estate, Mississippi. Once a town famed for boasting the most millionaires in the Delta, Banks owned The Bank of Mound Bayou as well as the Oil Mill and Manufacturing Co. [1034×749]

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1. TheAfternoonStandard

   The history of Mound Bayou, its origins, rise to wealth, decline and population today: https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/charles-banks/

   https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/mound-bayou-1887/

   https://blackthen.com/mound-bayou-mississippis-jewel-delta-largest-black-town-u-s/

   https://mississippitoday.org/2018/05/19/mound-bayous-history-a-magical-kingdom-residents-fight-to-preserve/

   http://www.mississippifolklife.org/articles/a-place-apart-mound-bayou

   https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/mississippi/unusual-story-behind-mound-bayou-ms/amp/

   https://www.google.com/amp/s/misspreservation.com/2011/07/12/the-jewel-of-the-delta-mound-bayou-mississippi/amp/

   https://medium.com/@cathrynstout/love-letter-to-mound-bayou-ms-and-all-historically-black-towns-eaae7183948d

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_Bayou,_Mississippi

   https://www.npr.org/2017/03/08/515814287/heres-whats-become-of-a-historic-all-black-town-in-the-mississippi-delta

   https://hptfamily.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/the-voice-vol-4-duplicate2.pdf