Dec 14 A Lifetime of Community Involvement
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 2016-12-14

J'Mya McCullen, a ninth grade student at Natchez Early College Academy, presents today's Natchez History Minute about Phillip West, the first African-American mayor of Natchez since Reconstruction. Prior to serving as Mayor, West was active in the local and state offices of the NAACP, was the first African-American chairman of the Adams County Board of Supervisors, and served as a representative in the Mississippi Legislature.