A great deal goes into bringing folks our Tupelo story every day. We couldn’t accomplish our mission without the assistance of great partners, including the Mississippi Humanities Council.
February is Black History Month, and I encourage you and your family to explore Tupeloâs role in this important part of our nationâs history. There are seven markers on the Civil Rights and African-American Heritage Trail throughout Tupelo which help tell the story.
F.W. Woolworth | 131 West Main Street
Located in Downtown Tupelo next to Reedâs GumTree Bookstore, the F.W. Woolworth Company was once a local lunch counter and protest commonplace. Once the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964, Tupeloâs Woolworth store announced its plan to âserve all its customers in all of its stores on a desegregated basis.â