Perhaps it was another town ? Greenwood, MS is 25 miles west of I-55. Regardless, you always have to be careful of where you are, especially at night. I’ve stayed or gone through Black towns without any problems whatsoever (visited Tuskegee, AL, where they were very friendly).
Yes it could easily have been another town. The scary thing was it was so late and we had surprised them doing something. I was driving and at first I didn’t think they were going to move out of the way.