Their fight to desegregate the schools took place in Drew, a town of about 2,000 in Sunflower County.
Drew is a small town in Sunflower County, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta.
The prison facility is located near the northern border of Sunflower County.
Black children in Sunflower County did not have the opportunity to go to school because they had to work in the fields.
In 1870, 3,243 black people lived in Sunflower County.
This increased to 12,070 in 1900, making up 75% of the residents in Sunflower County.
As a result of this trend, crack cocaine began to be distributed in Sunflower County.
Two airports are located in unincorporated Sunflower County.
The Bolivar Commercial is also distributed in Sunflower County.
The newspaper is distributed in Sunflower County and sections of northern Humphreys County.