11 Abandoned Church Friars Point, Mississippi

Abandoned Church Friars Point, Mississippi

Mentioned in Robert Johnson’s Travelin’ Riverside Blues, Friars Point was a county seat until the white power structure abandoned it after being flooded out one too many times. It became a black river town. As of the 2000 census, the town remains more than 94% black.

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