In 1964, four members of the Ku Klux Klan killed two African American men in Mississippi. The story of their murder and the following decades of stops and starts in the prosecution of their killers inspired my latest Frank Dodge mystery: Murder on the Mississippi. In this episode, I give some background on the
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
The view of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, MS (photo taken Apr 2014). See more photos here. The Mississippi River at Vicksburg, MS
Overlook #13 of 13: The Mississippi River at Vicksburg, Mississippi (photo taken Apr 2014). See more Pictures here. Looking down at the Mississippi River from Vicksburg, MS
