100 Men Hall People Project

Jenna Wiecek

Jenna Wiecek

DAY 138 Jenna Wiecek exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  Jenna is a member of the The Bay Ratz Marching Battery, which is a group of kids of all ages who have one thing in c...

Amaia Bowman

Amaia Bowman

DAY 137 Amaia Bowman photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  I came to the Hall for the first time to do yoga dance with my aunt. It’s a very nice environment and t...

Candace Payne Johnson

Candace Payne Johnson

DAY 136 Candace Payne Johnson photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  The Payne Sisters - We are the daughters of the late Milton and Gloria Payne. Yama Thomas Fenn...

Barbara Payne Elgy

Barbara Payne Elgy

DAY 135 Barbara Payne Elgy photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  The Payne Sisters - We are the daughters of the late Milton and Gloria Payne. Yama Thomas Fennick...

Janet Payne Johnson

Janet Payne Johnson

DAY 134 Janet Payne Johnson photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  The Payne Sisters - We are the daughters of the late Milton and Gloria Payne. Yama Thomas Fennic...

Connie Payne Lampley

Connie Payne Lampley

DAY 133 Connie Payne Lampley photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  The Payne Sisters - We are the daughters of the late Milton and Gloria Payne. Yama Thomas Fenni...

Yvonne Fields and Sarah Smith

Yvonne Fields and Sarah Smith

DAY 132 Yvonne Fields and Sarah Smith photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  I used to come to the Hall in 1951 till my husband passed away 1982. My husband, Curti...

Ethel Parker Harrington

Ethel Parker Harrington

DAY 131 Ethel Parker Harrington photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  All my life I’ve been around the Hall. I’m a resident of Bay Saint Louis, and my mom and dad...

Scott Nichols

Scott Nichols

DAY 130 Scott Nichols photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  Years ago, I heard about the Hall when I got out of high school. I lived here briefly but spent most o...

Joan Thomas

Joan Thomas

DAY 129 Joan Thomas photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  The last year I was here, was four years ago. In my 20’s, I came for a fashion show when I finished coll...

Deanne Narcisse

Deanne Narcisse

DAY 128 Deanne Narcisse photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  I grew up in Virginia and came back as an adult, so I missed going to events at the Hall.   (Photo b...

Shelumia Uneki Tillman

Shelumia Uneki Tillman

DAY 127 Shelumia Uneki Tillman photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  My grandparents came here. I would come here and they were doing bingo and I went in labor he...

Etta Mae Williams

Etta Mae Williams

DAY 126 Etta Mae Williams photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  I started coming after school especially on Easter Monday, we saw Etta James, Irma Thomas, Fats Do...

Rickie Bradley

Rickie Bradley

DAY 125 Rickie Bradley photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  My parents used to come to the Hall for the dances. Every blues band played in here and my daddy used...

Rymsky Labat

Rymsky Labat

DAY 124 Rymsky Labat photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  Teenie [Rymsky’s husband’s great, great aunt, Celestine Vivian “Teenie” Labat] was a big thing here, sh...

Tequila Hall

Tequila Hall

DAY 123 Tequila Hall photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  USM did an oral history project and I came to it. I was not aware of the Hall before, even though I gre...

Darlene Labat Lee

Darlene Labat Lee

DAY 122 Darlene Labat Lee photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  My grandparents, Joseph Sumner and Carmen E. Labat (she delivered me), came to the Hall. My dad, B...

Russell L. Nichols

Russell L. Nichols

DAY 121 Russell L. Nichols photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  I am the last man standing of the 100 Men. I joined the Hundred Members Debating Benevolent Assoc...

Jean Dorsey

Jean Dorsey

DAY 120 Jean Dorsey photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  First time I started coming here was my husband, Wilbert Dorsey, used to book bands and I was about 17 o...

Leo Maurice Jr.

Leo Maurice Jr.

DAY 119 Leo Maurice Jr. photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  I was 15 when I first came to the Hall. I came because this was the place to come as a rite of passa...

Adam Heitzman

Adam Heitzman

DAY 118 Adam Heitzman photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  Adam is a member of the The Bay Ratz Marching Battery, which is a group of kids of all ages who have o...

John Hester

John Hester

DAY 117 John Hester photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  My fondest memories of the 100 Men Hall was playing twice on stage where so many musical greats had prev...

Myron Labat

Myron Labat

DAY 116 Myron Labat, Sr. photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  My grandparents came and my parents frequented the Hall. My parents saw Joe Tex, Tyrone Davis, Irma...

Alicein Wonderland Schwabacher

Alicein Wonderland Schwabacher

DAY 115 Alicein Wonderland Schwabacher photographed exclusively for the 100 Men Hall People Project (100MHPP).  The Hall was closed up when I was young, but we played on the railroad tracks and tri...