In Search of Justice and Redemption

In 1964 Mississippi, civil rights activists were fighting to dismantle deeply entrenched legal segregation and racism and the defenders of segregation were fighting back. On April 24, the Ku Klux Klan flexed its muscles by setting 61 crosses on fire around the state. By the time summer was over, Klan members had burned 20 black

By |2017-12-05T17:31:32-05:00December 5th, 2017|Blogging the Great River Road|Comments Off on In Search of Justice and Redemption

Mississippi’s Great River Road

Mississippi today is full of contrasts and contradictions. Along the state's border defined by the Mississippi River, you'll find tall casinos rising above old cotton farms, vast agricultural lands carved out of the old bottomland forests, a rich musical heritage that arose from great poverty, and antebellum towns and plantations, some in better shape than

By |2017-11-18T13:08:10-05:00November 19th, 2017|Of Places|Comments Off on Mississippi’s Great River Road

Picture of the Day: Looking Down on the Mississippi River from Vicksburg

The view of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, MS (photo taken Apr 2014). See more photos here. The Mississippi River at Vicksburg, MS

By |2016-10-21T15:28:06-05:00September 23rd, 2015|Photo of the Day|Comments Off on Picture of the Day: Looking Down on the Mississippi River from Vicksburg

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