Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi Native Americans told the first European ... Prior to 1882, Mississippi Delta planters had to rely on their own efforts to build and maintain levees.

As resistance to integration mounted, Florence Mars bought a camera and began to photograph thousands of subjects, including ...

hen I was 5 or 6, because of my dad's political activism in the Mississippi Delta, local white supremacists ... the first African-American student at Ole Miss. They were Nifty brand, cost a ...

As a result, he undertook an 18-month drive across the Mississippi Delta, documenting "the most ... even paying the ultimate price. Kansas-native James Reeb, a pastor who participated in the ...

The Mississippi Delta features four main cities ... They represent some of the best preserved Native American mounds in all of Mississippi. It’s a great location to learn about the people who lived ...

Their assignment was to interview civil rights activists throughout the Mississippi Delta, weaving together personal stories with old photos and other artifacts that describe this era in American ...

In this guest column, New Orleans native Randy Fertel argues that the controversial Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion finally ...

The most musically varied section of the series, Part One gives a taste of the myriad flavors of the contemporary American melting ... In the Mississippi Delta, music is deeply rooted in the ...

The band Big Blue Sky performs on a riverboat, adding to a long tradition of music inspired and transported by the Mississippi River.

TUPELO – Offering a taste of the Mississippi Delta, The Gin has opened in west Tupelo in the former home of Steele's Dive. Owner Nikki Williams, who grew up in the Delta, renovated the interior ...

Antonio Madlock scored 21 points and Alabama State defeated Mississippi Valley State 61-46 on Monday night, handing the Delta Devils their 28th loss in a row dating to last season. — Lorenzo ...