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On April 23, 1940, 209 African Americans died in a fire at the Rhythm Club at this site. An overflow crowd, including civic and cultural leaders, had come to hear the Walter Barnes Orchestra of Chicago. Considered among America's deadliest fires, the tragedy affected the entire Natchez community.
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Vidalia, Louisiana · United States
