Published 7:24 am Monday, Jan. 31, 2022
By Staff Reports
By Staff Reports
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Jeremy Houston Author, Local Historian |
NATCHEZ — In recognition of Black History Month, author
and local historian Jeremy Houston will give his popular presentation on the
life of Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahim at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4 at the Natchez
Museum of African American History and Culture. The program, which is free to
the public, is titled, “Isabella and the Prince: ‘Overcoming Struggles Through
Courage & Faith.’”
Houston will be dressed in period clothes as he does a
reenactment of Ibrahim’s life story. He will be joined by Carl Patrick
Burrowes, retired humanities professor and university administrator. Burrowes,
who is also the executive director of Know Your Self Press, will present a
lecture on Ibrahim following Houston’s reenactment.
Houston said the Black History program is sponsored by
the Mississippi Humanities Council and Aftershock Inc. Houston is a member of
the MHC Speaker’s Bureau
Ibrahim was a West African Prince before he was enslaved
on a Mississippi plantation in Adams County. Houston, who owns Miss-Lou
Heritage Group and Tours, said Ibrahim’s life “is a powerful story of love,
dedication, and the plight to freedom.”
His reenactment of the Prince’s life will help people to
look back in time to Ibrahim and his wife, Isabella, during their enslavement,
he said. Houston adds: “’Isabella and the Prince’ serves as an examination of
the Prince’s life in Natchez, covering economic, political, social and cultural
aspects of enslaved persons’ lives at the time.’”
Mimi Miller, executive director emerita of Historic
Natchez Foundation, said he does a fine presentation on Ibrahim, which is sure
to engender discussion on African enslavement.
“Jeremy did some fine original research on Natchez
African American history,” Miller said. “It was always fun to have him in the
office and exchange information. He was invaluable for sharing his research
with Historic Natchez Foundation.”
Miller said Houston was a very good tour guide, and he
endeared himself to many.
For more information, contact Jeremy Houston, owner of
Miss Lou Heritage Group & Tours, at (601) 597-2112 or
jeremy.houston1134@gmail.com.
See online version of story here: https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2022/01/31/prince-ibrahim-story-to-presented-in-black-history-month-program-at-napac-museum/
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