{"id":5547,"date":"2025-12-09T12:27:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=5547"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:25:31","slug":"carroll-grenada-and-leflore-county","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/making-their-mark\/carroll-grenada-and-leflore-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Leflore, Carroll, and Grenada County"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6607\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-1024x467.png\" alt=\"Making Their Mark logo\" width=\"525\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-1024x467.png 1024w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-768x351.png 768w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-1536x701.png 1536w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Making-their-Mark_0326-2048x935.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/making-their-mark\/\">Making Their Mark<\/a>: Leflore, Carroll, and Grenada<\/h1>\n<p>The historical marker for the counties of Leflore, Carroll, and Grenada will be placed at the county courthouse in Greenwood to honor 4 African American men elected to the legislature in the 19th century.<\/p>\n<p>Current status (March 31, 2026): approved by county Board of Supervisors, application submitted to Department of Archives and History for approval at summer board meeting<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, this page will include the marker text and photo along with information and photos related to the community event to be held in Greenwood.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-179\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/green-150x150.png\" alt=\"David S. Green\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/green-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/green-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/d-s-green\/\">David S. Green<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5381\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unk-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"silhouette\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unk-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unk-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/william-h-mallory\/\">William H. Mallory<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-214\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/randolph-150x150.png\" alt=\"John W. Randolph\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/randolph-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/randolph-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-w-randolph\/\">John William Randolph<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-320\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/washington-150x150.png\" alt=\"George Washington\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/washington-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/washington-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/g-washington\/\">George Washington<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making Their Mark: Leflore, Carroll, and Grenada The historical marker for the counties of Leflore, Carroll, and Grenada will be placed at the county courthouse in Greenwood to honor 4 African American men elected to the legislature in the 19th century. Current status (March 31, 2026): approved by county Board of Supervisors, application submitted to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/making-their-mark\/carroll-grenada-and-leflore-county\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Leflore, Carroll, and Grenada County&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5283,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5547","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5547"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6829,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5547\/revisions\/6829"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}