Minnie Lucinda Fisher (1896-1990) was a civic worker and community activist. She was a native-born citizen of the town of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, an all-Black town founded by Isaiah Montgomery in 1887.
Biography
Minnie Fisher was born in 1896 to parents Warren and Mary Elizabeth Fisher of Vicksburg, Mississippi, who were among first group of settlers in Mound Bayou. Fisher went to Tougaloo College. As an election commissioner, Fisher was involved in the appellate case of Fisher v. Crowe. On April 21, 1979, Mound Bayou celebrated Fisher with Minnie Fisher Day. ==References==