[4] Redbird, also called Red Bird,[5] originated with the settlement by the family of E. L. Barber, who founded the First Baptist Church in 1889.

[4] The town advertised in newspapers all across the South to encourage black families to relocate there.

Declining cotton prices caused residents to move away, even before the Great Depression.

[5] It rebounded after World War II, and at one point had seven churches, a couple of general stores, eight juke joints, and a gas station.

[5] Urbanization in later years lost the town population again,[5] and the post office closed; however, the town is experiencing something of a rebirth as families buy homes in the area to enjoy a low crime rate and a quieter pace of life.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all land.

[7] In the case Lane v. Wilson, the United States Supreme Court found a 12-day one-time voter registration window to be discriminatory for black citizens and repugnant to the Fifteenth Amendment.