IN THE fields alongside Mississippi Highway 49, where the Meredith Freedom Marchers plodded in June, another Delta cotton crop is nearing harvest, continuing a partnership between man and earth that ...
The history of Belmont begins with the Worthington brothers - William, Elisha, Isaac and William – who were natives of Kentucky. In the early 19th century they all purchased vast amounts of land along ...
NATCHEZ, MS (WLOX) - Natchez, Miss. is one of the oldest settlements on the Mississippi River. Millions of people from all over the world visit the area to learn about southern history. The elegant, ...
New Orleans, LA — Dr. Antoinette Harrell, known as the “Slavery Detective of the South,” is on a mission to interview and document the oral histories of people who still live on plantations to this ...
Mississippi is home to plenty of antebellum and plantation homes that have brought celebrants from near and far to enjoy the wedding of their dreams. But some national websites that help brides plan ...
Sharon D. Wright Austin has produced a comprehensive study of rural Mississippi, focusing on its traditional Delta “Black Belt.” That long sliver of fertile crescent located along the Mississippi ...
STARKVILLE — In the interest of not “burying the lead,” let me note that although she never set foot in the state of Mississippi or cast her eyes on the alluvial fan of the mythical and mystic ...
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
"I remember when I couldn't vote," Dr. Robert H. Smith Sr. said. A 99-year-old man who was born the son of a sharecropper on a plantation is making sure his voice is being heard in this year's ...
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