<p>Robert Thompson served as a Lowndes County Mississippi Legislator during Reconstruction and was the leader of the local militia. He was threatened with firing squad, murder, and lynching before he retired from public life and retired to nearby Noxubee County. #mississippi #visitcolumbus #visitmississippi #knowyourhistory #africanamericanhistory #blackhistory #mississippihistory </p>

Robert Thompson served as a Lowndes County Mississippi Legislator during Reconstruction and was the leader of the local militia. He was threatened with firing squad, murder, and lynching before he retired from public life and retired to nearby Noxubee County. #mississippi #visitcolumbus #visitmississippi #knowyourhistory #africanamericanhistory #blackhistory #mississippihistory

<p>Robert Thompson served as a Lowndes County Mississippi Legislator during Reconstruction and was the leader of the local militia. He was threatened with firing squad, murder, and lynching before he retired from public life and retired to nearby Noxubee County. #mississippi #visitcolumbus #visitmississippi #knowyourhistory #africanamericanhistory #blackhistory #mississippihistory&nbsp;</p>

Robert Thompson: Reconstruction Era Mississippi Black Legislator

A Podcast about Columbus, Mississippi - Its scandals, eccentric people, and our version of Southern Hospitality...which ain’t always so hospitable. Pull up and let me tell you about Mama and them. Bring you some tea because we are going to sit here a spell and catch up.

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