Mules for Sale near Pheba, MS

About Pheba, MS

In 2000, Pheba was the site of the first sporting event in which an all-black team participated in a contest sanctioned by the Mississippi Private School Association (MPSA), which was founded as an organization for segregation academies that originally existed to avoid integration of whites and blacks in public schools when Hebron Christian played against the all-black Christ Missionary and Industrial College High School (CM&I). CM&I had previously not played football for decades and fielded a team of only 14 players. William "Billy" Jefferson, NFL football player was born in Pheba. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pheba, Mississippi ^ Wilson, Robert (August 19, 2000).