The Poplar Hill Museum of African American Culture preserves the history of rural, Black education in Jefferson County, Miss.
Jerri Bell
Jerri Bell is a retired naval officer. She and former Marine Tracy Crow are the authors of “It’s My Country Too: Women’s Military Stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan.” She met researcher Antoinette Stewart while researching the family of Mississippi native and Poplar Hill descendant Pocahontas Jackson for her forthcoming book on the first 14 Black women to serve officially in the U. S. armed forces.
