Brownsville, Tennessee Brownsville, Tennessee Motto: Heart of the Tennessee Delta Location of Brownsville, Tennessee Location of Brownsville, Tennessee State Tennessee Brownsville is a town/city in Haywood County, Tennessee.
It is the governmental center of county of Haywood County, which is in the broad delta floodplain near the Mississippi River. Its populace as of the 2010 census is 10,292. Howell Taylor, soon after Brownsville was founded.
Tennessee effectively disenfranchised most blacks in the state after the turn of the 20th century, excluding them from the political system.
The state's congressional delegation and propel officials became predominately Democratic, except for Republicans propel by white inhabitants in East Tennessee.
In 1939 a number of blacks in Brownsville established a small-town NAACP chapter and worked to assert their right to register and vote in the presidential election that year.
His body was found in the Hatchie River a several days later, with bullet holes in his chest. He is considered to be the first NAACP member to have been lynched for civil rights activities.
In 2015 the Tennessee Historical Commission allowed an official historical marker honoring Elbert Williams.
It was dedicated in Brownsville on June 20, 2015, at a memorial service marking the seventy-fifth anniversary of Williams' death.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Brownsville has a total region of 9.1 square miles (24 km2), all land.
The Hatchie River runs through Brownsville.
The Hatchie is also designated as a "scenic river" under the Tennessee Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Brownsville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.5% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
In the song "Delta Dawn" (recorded by Tanya Tucker and others), the lyric "All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy," is a reference to Brownsville, Tennessee.
Elbert Williams (1908-1940), civil rights activist and the first known NAACP member to be lynched for civil rights activities.
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"West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center - An Authentic Southern Experience in the Tennessee Delta :: Visitor Information Center:: Brownsville, Tennessee :: Interstate 40 @ Exit 56".
"Brownsville, Tennessee Koppen Climate Classification".
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