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Migration was the effect of the migration of a workforce, not its cause. It was not until the mid-1940s that the doctrine of White supremacy demanded that Blacks be displaced. By that time, Lemann writes, Delta Whites feared socio-political changes that might be forced on the Delta by the
Roosevelt Democratic coalition and the pressure of returning WWII veterans; the Delta was three-quarters Black, so their voting potential was huge. As Delta native Aaron Henry, who was born in 1922, put it, "They wished we’d go back to Africa, but Chicago was close enough."
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and White, were drawn to the area. By the end of the century, two-thirds of the independent farmers in the
Mississippi Delta were Black. But, the extended low price of cotton had caused many to go deeply into debt, and gradually they had to sell off their lands, as they had a harder time getting credit than did White farmers. From 1910 to 1920, the first and second generations of African Americans after slavery lost their stake in the land. They had to resort to
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American history when virtually every member of a large class of people was guaranteed an immediate quadrupling of income, at least, by simply relocating to a place that was only a long day’s journey away."
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Mississippi were active against Republicans and blacks, sometimes using violence to suppress their voting for state candidates. But many blacks continued to be elected to local offices, and there was a biracial coalition between Republicans and Populists that briefly gained state power in the late
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Following the Civil War, 90 percent of the bottomlands in
Mississippi were still undeveloped. The state attracted thousands of migrants to its frontier. They could trade their labor in clearing the land to eventually purchase it from their sale of lumber. Tens of thousands of new settlers, both Black
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Mississippi was still considered wilderness, needing substantial new population. These areas were covered in a heavy dense growth of trees,
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Migration coincided with the passage of immigration restrictions that throttled the supply of immigrants who had been willing to take the worst of the jobs of the industrial North, which was relatively free of the suffocating breadth of Jim Crow. Further,
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By the early 19th century, cotton had become the Delta's premier crop, for which there was high international demand. Mills in New
England and New York also demanded cotton for their industry, and New York City was closely tied to the cotton trade. Many southern planters traveled so frequently there
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settlers, supported by extensive families, had begun the back-breaking process of clearing the land to establish farms. European settlers in the region attempted to enslave local Native
Americans for labor, though this proved unsuccessful as they frequently escaped. By the 18th century, the settlers
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families migrated to the state between the 1900s and 1930s. Most of these immigrants worked to leave the fields, becoming merchants in the small rural towns. As these have declined, along with other Delta residents ethnic
Chinese have moved to cities or other states. Their descendants represent most
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Gussow (2010) examines the conflict between blues musicians and Black ministers in the region between 1920 and 1942. The ministers condemned blues music as "devil's music". In response, some blues musicians satirized preachers in their music, as for example in the song, "He Calls That Religion", by
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instead as a source of labor. In the early years of European colonization, enslaved African laborers brought critical knowledge and techniques for the cultivation and processing of both rice and indigo. Hundreds of thousands of Africans were captured, sold and transported as slaves from West Africa
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The land is flat and contains some of the most fertile soil in the world. It is two hundred miles long and seventy miles across at its widest point, encompassing approximately 4,415,000 acres, or, some 7,000 square miles of alluvial floodplain. On the east, it is bounded by bluffs extending beyond
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music centering around the dish. While their most common filling is pork they differ from the traditional tamale in that they are made from corn meal rather than masa and boiled rather than steamed. Today the dish is associated mainly with African American chefs despite originating from different
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A large cultural influence in the region is its history of hunting and fishing. Hunting in the Delta is primarily for game such as whitetail deer, wild turkey, and waterfowl, along with many small game species (squirrel, rabbit, dove, quail, raccoon, etc.) For many years, the hunting and fishing
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and Japan expanded the demand for the Delta region's farm products. As the mechanization of agriculture continued, women left fieldwork and went into service work, while the men drove tractors and worked on the farms. From the 1960s through the 1990s, thousands of small farms and dwellings in the
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Delta politics was dominated by Democrats during the post-Civil War era, though areas of resistance from blacks and whites remained throughout the era. Some of these Southern Democrats resorted to using fraud, violence, and intimidation to regain control of the state legislature in the late 19th
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brought with them elements of Italian cuisine to the region, and possibly most importantly, elements of Southern Italian music such as the mandolin, which became a part of the music of the Mississippi Delta Blues. Mexican immigrants to the Mississippi Delta greatly influenced the cuisine of the
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in the late 18th century made profitable the cultivation of short-staple cotton. This type could not be grown in the upland areas of the South, leading to the rapid development of King Cotton throughout what became known as the Deep South. The demand for labor drove the domestic
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years of the 1930s and later that large-scale farm mechanization came to the region. The mechanization of agriculture and the availability of domestic work outside the Delta spurred the migration of Delta residents from the region. Farming was unable to absorb the available
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called for secession of New York City because of its close business ties to the South. Eventually the city joined the state in supporting the war, but immigrants resented having to fight when the wealthy could buy their way out of military service.
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broadly is found sold and cooked throughout the Delta. The region's large African American population and historical roots make this cuisine of the Delta's truly endemic food traditions. Many dishes such as
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to northern cities, beginning before World War I, seriously depleted Black communities and churches, but the musicians sparked off each other in the industrial cities, with blues in
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dependent on the labor of people they enslaved, who composed the vast majority of the population in these counties well before the Civil War, often twice the number of whites.
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began to leave the land and move to towns and cities. Tens of thousands of Black laborers left the Jim Crow south for better opportunities in the Northeast and Midwest in the
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of the ethnic Asian residents of the Delta recorded in censuses. While many descendants of the Delta Chinese have left the Delta, their population has increased in the state.
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trying to register to vote or to use public facilities. African Americans were not able to exercise their constitutional rights again until well after their successes in the
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duck sauce introduced by the Hoover family in the mid-20th century. The sauce is usually served with meat such as locally hunted duck or steak. It is unique to the Delta.
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rose in the region at the time of settling accounts, and researchers have also found a correlation of lynchings to years that were poor economically for the region.
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for business that they had favorite hotels. From 1822 cotton-related exports comprised half of all exports from the port of New York City. In 1861 Democratic mayor
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2862:
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
2274:(First ed.). New York: Vintage Books. pp. 8–15.
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segregation in schools exists throughout the country, the
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Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival (Greenville)
209:
The Delta includes all or part of the following counties:
3023:
Confederacy of Silence: A True Tale of the New Old South.
2860:
Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues.
2149:"Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the Mississippi Delta"
2037:, v10, n4, pp33–36, Summer 1996, accessed October 1, 2013
1235:, and others are associated with soul food in the Delta.
3002:
Lanterns on the Levee: Recollections of a Planter's Son.
2811:
A Social and Economic Portrait of the Mississippi Delta
928:
Following is a list of various festivals in the Delta:
2471:
2312:(1st ed.). New York: A.A. Knopf. pp. 40–48.
2049:"A Culture in Decline: The Mississippi Delta Chinese"
1995:, Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2000
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Demand for cotton remained high until well after the
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Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
2936:
High Cotton: Four Seasons in the Mississippi Delta.
3018:New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1960.
3009:After Freedom: A Cultural Study in the Deep South.
2830:Enclave: Vicksburg and Her Plantations, 1863-1870.
2215:"King Cotton: Dramatic Growth of the Cotton Trade"
2096:Lotus Among the Magnolias: The Mississippi Chinese
1195:, is common to fried catfish plates in the Delta.
1007:Mainstream Arts & Crafts Festival (Greenville)
16:Northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi
2398:"Mississippi Delta's Economy, Way of Life Fading"
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3080:http://southernspaces.org/2004/mississippi-delta
2849:vol. 74, no. 2 (Spring 2005), pp. 159–173.
2077:The Mississippi Chinese: Between Black and White
1940:"Bioregional Approach to Southern HistorySaikku"
1675:, based in Jackson, covers events in the Delta.
1466:
1384:
2624:"Food for Thought Culinary Health Care Program"
1414:, within the Mississippi Delta. John Buntin of
3032:Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2005.
2980:. Rural School and Community Trust, Feb. 2004.
2943:International Labor and Working-Class History,
2786:Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1967.
2731:. July 27, 2010. Retrieved on August 13, 2010.
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1114:Mighty Mississippi Music Festival (Greenville)
1087:Delta State University Pig Pickin' (Cleveland)
947:Stafford's Lawn Mower Mardi Gras Parade (Drew)
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535:. Still others were transported by sea in the
198:. Rather, the Mississippi Delta is part of an
55:, is the distinctive northwest section of the
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2914:vol. 41, no. 3 (Dec. 2010), pp. 186–203.
980:Crosstie Arts & Jazz Festival (Cleveland)
39:Mississippi Delta – green line marks boundary
2912:Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies,
2891:Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies,
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2472:"借金問題ナビゲーター|自己破産しか方法はないのか? – 借金問題の悩みを解決する方法"
1897:Undiscovered Genius of the Mississippi Delta
1108:The King Biscuit Blues Festival (Helena, AR)
444:has been the mainstay of the Delta economy.
124:passed a new state constitution effectively
3025:New York: Atria/Simon & Schuster, 2002.
2839:New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1937.
2345:Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies
2203:Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
2190:Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
2174:Slavery and Frontier Mississippi, 1720–1835
1060:Sunflower River Blues Festival (Clarksdale)
959:Italian Festival of Mississippi (Cleveland)
798:. Unsourced material may be challenged and
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1147:Roy Martin Delta Band Festival (Greenwood)
1084:Gateway To The Delta Festival (Charleston)
1075:Delta Air and Balloon Festival (Greenwood)
678:, and the smallest Delta communities have
2358:"Delta Stories: How Delta Became "Delta""
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1687:US 49 runs through the Mississippi Delta.
1028:B.B. King Homecoming Festival (Indianola)
818:Learn how and when to remove this message
423:Learn how and when to remove this message
182:Despite the name, this region is not the
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2952:New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
2907:New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.
2806:New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
2347:, August 2009, Vol. 40 Issue 2, pp 80–89
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295:Mississippi's 2nd congressional district
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2945:Issue 69 (Spring 2006), pp. 57–80.
2482:from the original on September 24, 2017
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1204:Hoover Sauce is a twist on traditional
1048:First Friday Jazz Festival (Greenville)
1004:River to the Rails Festival (Greenwood)
944:Mississippi River Marathon (Greenville)
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1135:Electroacoustic Juke Joint (Cleveland)
1117:Delta Hot Tamale Festival (Greenville)
5356:List of radio stations in Mississippi
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2761:from the original on October 18, 2017
2683:Mississippi Department of Corrections
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132:. African Americans had to resort to
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5351:List of radio stations in Tennessee
2969:Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 1999.
2931:Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 1979.
2837:Caste and Class in a Southern Town.
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1461:Mississippi Delta Community College
1444:Mississippi Valley State University
1081:Charleston Day Reunion (Charleston)
178:of the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers
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5361:List of radio stations in Arkansas
2865:Ferris, William and Glenn Hinson.
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2408:from the original on July 23, 2012
2378:from the original on March 2, 2009
2255:Empire of Cotton: a Global History
1928:
1782:Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
1512:Newspapers, magazines and journals
1031:Highway 61 Blues Festival (Leland)
1001:Deep Delta Festival (Rolling Fork)
831:century. Civic groups such as the
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28:Mississippi Delta (disambiguation)
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5443:River deltas of the United States
3090:Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.
2054:Southeast Review of Asian Studies
1828:route serves three Delta cities,
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989:Dragon Boat Festival (Greenville)
977:Leland Crawfish Festival (Leland)
479:in the lower Mississippi. French
329:Agriculture and the Delta economy
314:Italians of the Mississippi Delta
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3004:New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941.
2685:. Retrieved on January 14, 2011.
2151:. Mississippi Humanities Council
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1072:September Festival (Mound Bayou)
983:Juke Joint Festival (Clarksdale)
974:World Catfish Festival (Belzoni)
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1405:Mississippi State Penitentiary
1394:Mississippi State Penitentiary
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4679:by frequency & subchannel
3011:New York: Viking Press, 1939.
2997:New York: Viking Press, 1981.
2799:, v. 195, no. 4 (April 1999).
2791:"Traveling the Blues Highway"
1467:Primary and secondary schools
1385:Government and infrastructure
1013:Showfest (Tunica) As of 2010
626:, settling in cities such as
520:, Mississippi, Louisiana and
440:For more than two centuries,
120:In 1890, the white-dominated
3676:West Hattiesburg (Oak Grove)
2957:Journal of Southern History,
2796:National Geographic Magazine
2129:. Univsersity Of Mississippi
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1716:Cleveland Municipal Airport
971:Rivergate Festival (Tunica)
867:and gaining passage of the
841:disenfranchised most blacks
610:Mechanization and migration
486:importing enslaved Africans
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3000:Percy, William Alexander.
2972:Null, Elisabeth Higgins. "
2845:Journal of Negro Education
2268:Wilkerson, Isabel (2010).
2047:Thornell, John G. (2008).
1938:Mikko (October 29, 2017).
1892:Mississippi Alluvial Plain
1704:Mid Delta Regional Airport
1663:, plus several radio and
1034:Delta Jubilee (Clarksdale)
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2677:December 6, 2002, at the
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2125:Elise Mullins, Carmille.
2093:Quan, Robert Seto. 1982.
1710:Greenwood-Leflore Airport
1551:Clarksdale Press Register
1456:Coahoma Community College
1105:The Great Ruleville Roast
869:Voting Rights Act of 1965
733:Due to the growth of the
5428:Landforms of Mississippi
3070:Wilson, Charles Reagan.
2967:Mississippi Blues Today.
2450:"Rolling Fork Festivals"
2243:, accessed 10 March 2014
2083:Harvard University Press
1867:Delta Regional Authority
1698:Tunica Municipal Airport
1016:Webb Day Festival (Webb)
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653:settled near each other.
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19:Not to be confused with
3084:Charles Reagan Wilson,
3007:Powdermaker, Hortense.
2903:Greene, Alison Collis.
2571:Rankin, Julian (2018).
2546:"A Tale of Two Tamales"
2220:March 30, 2013, at the
2115:, Yin & Yang Press.
1422:Greenville, Mississippi
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1102:Octoberfest (Cleveland)
1099:Great Delta Bear Affair
1010:Summerfest (Hollandale)
642:. It was not until the
49:Yazoo–Mississippi Delta
21:Mississippi River Delta
5438:Regions of Mississippi
5316:Cape Girardeau-Jackson
4168:Radio stations in the
4128:Mississippi portal
2789:Cobb, Charles E. Jr.,
2782:Brandenfon, Robert L.
2721:April 2, 2015, at the
2253:Beckert, Sven (2014).
1882:History of Mississippi
1808:New Orleans, Louisiana
1765:Alamogordo, New Mexico
1740:Ruleville-Drew Airport
1734:Fletcher Field Airport
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1575:Greenwood Commonwealth
1543:Delta Business Journal
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1439:Delta State University
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2917:Hamlin, Francoise N.
2874:Blues From The Delta.
2755:www.TunicaAirport.com
2716:Down on Parchman Farm
2460:on February 27, 2007.
1795:Gulfport, Mississippi
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1650:The Commercial Appeal
1591:The Enterprise-Tocsin
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986:Riverfest (Vicksburg)
865:Civil Rights Movement
760:Political environment
537:coastwise slave trade
510:Five Civilized Tribes
492:The invention of the
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3194:Lieutenant governors
2809:Cosby, A.G. et al.
2696:MDOC QUICK REFERENCE
1728:Yazoo County Airport
1659:newspapers based in
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700:economic development
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130:political oppression
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3241:Tourist attractions
3072:"Mississippi Delta"
3016:Been Here And Gone.
2965:Nicholson, Robert.
2652:. November 25, 2012
2374:. RandomHouse.com.
2192:(1881), pp. 517-518
2035:Magazine of History
2014:3 June 2012 at the
1872:Far East Deep South
1825:City of New Orleans
1583:The Leland Progress
1546:(published monthly)
1407:(Parchman, MSP) in
1184:cultural foodways.
892:. The mostly Black
853:grandfather clauses
460:, and later in the
372:"Mississippi Delta"
5293:Radio stations in
5275:WILU-LP (FM 106.5)
4656:NOAA Weather Radio
3014:Ramsey, Frederic.
2934:Helferich, Gerry.
2728:Governing Magazine
2454:www.lowerdelta.org
2257:. New York: Knopf.
2241:The New York Times
2111:Jung, John. 2011.
1859:Mississippi portal
1804:Wyoming, Minnesota
1769:Brunswick, Georgia
1692:Air transportation
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1672:The Clarion-Ledger
1667:also based there.
1661:Memphis, Tennessee
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1478:racial segregation
1450:Community colleges
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1111:Frog Fest (Leland)
906:Mississippi Sheiks
754:Mississippi Flyway
570:bushes and vines.
560:American Civil War
503:Indian Removal Act
489:to North America.
471:production in the
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3362:Mississippi Plain
3088:, Ann J. Adadie;
2872:Ferris, William;
2828:Currie, James T.
2584:978-0-8203-5361-6
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2281:978-0-679-44432-9
1877:Finding Cleveland
1791:Piggott, Arkansas
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3051:Southern Spaces,
3046:Scott Matthews,
3041:Southern Spaces,
3021:Rubin, Richard.
2983:Owens, Harry P.
2929:Blues Who's Who.
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1957:10.18737/M7QK5T
1944:Southern Spaces
1936:
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1919:James C. Cobb,
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1221:mashed potatoes
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910:Great Migration
882:
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694:Diversification
684:Delta Air Lines
624:Great Migration
612:
541:Jefferson Davis
438:
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299:Bennie Thompson
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279:Western Grenada
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145:Great Migration
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3169:Climate change
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3086:William Ferris
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3053:Dec. 12, 2011.
3044:
3043:Jan. 28, 2010.
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2991:Palmer, Robert
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2740:Eckes, p. 159.
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2201:Davis (1881),
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2178:online edition
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1679:Transportation
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1656:The Daily News
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1519:Belzoni Banner
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898:tenant farmers
881:
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849:literacy tests
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739:Arkansas Delta
695:
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676:agribusinesses
611:
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580:tenant farming
462:Arkansas Delta
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271:Western Holmes
231:Western Panola
215:Western DeSoto
200:alluvial plain
167:
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140:in the 1960s.
81:American South
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3536:Hattiesburg
3405:Hattiesburg
3319:LGBT rights
3231:State parks
3199:Legislature
3184:Delegations
3180:Government
3131:Mississippi
2978:Rural Roots
2765:October 29,
2486:October 29,
2430:. Usccr.gov
2099:, Jackson:
2081:Cambridge:
1968:October 29,
1724:(Indianola)
1718:(Cleveland)
1712:(Greenwood)
1665:TV stations
1629:(Cleveland)
1617:(Greenwood)
1372:Winterville
1327:Mound Bayou
1317:Mayersville
1193:hushpuppies
1173:Hot tamales
886:Delta blues
649:labor force
529:New Orleans
499:slave trade
442:agriculture
436:Plantations
176:flood plain
174:The shared
110:bottomlands
73:Mississippi
61:Mississippi
5422:Categories
5321:Clarksdale
4079:Washington
4054:Tishomingo
3944:Montgomery
3889:Lauderdale
3686:Yazoo City
3681:West Point
3651:Starkville
3626:Pascagoula
3601:Moss Point
3591:Mendenhall
3571:Louisville
3566:Long Beach
3521:Greenville
3491:Clarksdale
3481:Brookhaven
3420:Pascagoula
3357:Gulf Coast
3302:Newspapers
3297:Mass media
2880:Gioia, Ted
2593:1112670545
2577:. Athens.
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1830:Yazoo City
1802:runs from
1789:runs from
1776:runs from
1763:runs from
1609:Television
1377:Yazoo City
1277:Greenville
1262:Clarksdale
1257:Charleston
1217:fried okra
845:poll taxes
833:Red Shirts
735:automobile
708:government
533:Louisville
494:cotton gin
446:Sugar cane
383:newspapers
323:hot tamale
211:Washington
91:floodplain
57:U.S. state
5326:Jonesboro
4787:call sign
4659:frequency
4174:Tennessee
4104:Yalobusha
4094:Wilkinson
4034:Sunflower
3964:Oktibbeha
3879:Lafayette
3859:Jefferson
3839:Issaquena
3834:Humphreys
3779:Covington
3754:Claiborne
3744:Chickasaw
3666:Vicksburg
3646:Ridgeland
3551:Itta Bena
3546:Indianola
3541:Horn Lake
3526:Greenwood
3496:Cleveland
3448:Southaven
3377:Pine Belt
3347:The Delta
3282:Education
3189:Governors
3176:Geography
3144:(capital)
2819:Alternate
2656:April 13,
2601:cite book
2428:"Preface"
2290:477270924
2155:April 11,
2133:April 11,
1908:Footnotes
1834:Greenwood
1748:Ruleville
1635:(Grenada)
1428:Education
1417:Governing
1367:Vicksburg
1342:Ruleville
1302:Itta Bena
1297:Indianola
1282:Greenwood
1267:Cleveland
1233:cornbread
1212:Soul Food
1206:Cantonese
1199:Chow Mein
1065:September
924:Festivals
918:St. Louis
779:does not
728:railroads
704:education
680:stagnated
636:Cleveland
628:St. Louis
475:area and
458:Louisiana
454:Caribbean
413:July 2020
251:Sunflower
227:Issaquena
219:Humphreys
166:Geography
69:Louisiana
53:the Delta
5347:See also
4069:Walthall
3994:Prentiss
3989:Pontotoc
3934:Marshall
3894:Lawrence
3844:Itawamba
3819:Harrison
3794:Franklin
3696:Counties
3671:Waveland
3641:Picayune
3596:Meridian
3506:Columbus
3438:Gulfport
3329:Politics
3292:Gun laws
3257:Abortion
2961:in JSTOR
2900:(2007).
2851:in JSTOR
2759:Archived
2719:Archived
2699:Archived
2675:Archived
2480:Archived
2406:Archived
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2176:(2004)
2012:Archived
2009:Location
1962:Archived
1845:See also
1755:Highways
1700:(Tunica)
1492:de facto
1488:de facto
1474:de facto
1337:Rosedale
1322:Moorhead
1287:Gunnison
1247:Anguilla
1140:December
1128:November
937:February
857:Jim Crow
746:gambling
722:, rice,
712:medicine
598:and the
596:Arkansas
103:planters
88:alluvial
65:Arkansas
5395:90°24′W
5392:33°48′N
5300:Memphis
5263:Defunct
5204:WPGF-LD
5174:WMFS-FM
5164:WMDA-LP
5127:WKRA-FM
5105:WKNO-FM
5085:WJLL-LP
5056:WHBQ-FM
5046:WHAL-FM
4892:KWYN-FM
4877:KWEM-LP
4862:KOSE-FM
4820:KCHR-FM
4776:107.5-2
4771:107.5-1
4766:104.5-1
4761:102.7-2
4756:102.7-1
4751:101.1-2
4746:101.1-1
4666:162.475
4504:KOSE-FM
4499:KCHR-FM
4099:Winston
4089:Webster
4019:Simpson
4014:Sharkey
3999:Quitman
3959:Noxubee
3949:Neshoba
3924:Madison
3919:Lowndes
3914:Lincoln
3909:Leflore
3849:Jackson
3814:Hancock
3809:Grenada
3789:Forrest
3769:Coahoma
3749:Choctaw
3739:Carroll
3734:Calhoun
3729:Bolivar
3606:Natchez
3576:Madison
3531:Grenada
3516:Gautier
3511:Corinth
3501:Clinton
3476:Brandon
3443:Jackson
3410:Jackson
3339:Regions
3277:Economy
3267:Culture
3250:Society
3236:Symbols
3206:History
3164:Climate
3141:Jackson
2823:Archive
2813:(1992)
2434:July 7,
2412:July 7,
2404:. NPR.
2402:NPR.org
2382:July 7,
2188:Davis,
1633:WNBD-LD
1627:WXVT-LD
1292:Holcomb
1252:Belzoni
1189:catfish
1092:October
914:Chicago
875:Culture
836:1880s.
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