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BIZARRE: Mississippi delta - What They Never Told You

Since 2014, US farmers have been deliberately flooding their fields to create habitat for migratory birds; a decade later, 180,000 acres of farmland have become temporary wetlands serving as vital habitat for millions of birds

BirdReturns pays farmers to flood fields, creating vital temporary wetlands for migrating birds. This initiative helps birds and also replenishes groundwater supplies in California. The program uses technology to identify optimal times and locations for habitat creation. Similar managed flooding projects are being studied in the Mississippi Delta region. These…

The Economic Times

Oscar’s history made with landmark costume design nomination

Ruth E Carter has become the most-nominated Black woman across all Academy Awards categories with her fifth nomination for costume design on the film Sinners. Her latest nod for Ryan Coogler’s blues-infused vampire epic, set in the Jim Crow-era Mississippi Delta, contributes to the film's record 16 nominations. Carter now…

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Coroner says a 7th person has died from injuries in Mississippi Delta town mass shooting

A seventh person has died from injuries in a mass shooting earlier this month in Leland, Mississippi

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FBI seeks help to identify suspects in mass shooting that left 6 dead in the Mississippi Delta

FBI agents are asking for public help to identify four people seen near a mass shooting in Leland, Mississippi

The Independent UK

A fiery new food tour across America’s Deep South

A week-long road trip on Louisiana’s new hot sauce trail sees Robyn Wilson travel across the Mississippi Delta’s rich swampland to test her spice tolerance

The Independent UK

Mississippi Delta hospitals battle financial factors to survive - Roll Call

Federal aid during the COVID-19 pandemic slowed the rate of rural hospital closures, but now some are struggling.

Roll Call

Mississippi city faces tough road rebuilding after tornado

A tornado that carved a path of destruction through the Mississippi Delta last month destroyed roughly 300 homes and businesses and killed 13 people in Rolling Fork

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Churches provide solace in tornado-ravaged Mississippi Delta

Many residents in one of the Mississippi towns hit hardest by devastating tornadoes found solace in their church communities Sunday

The Independent UK

Landmarks fall, memories fade. Civil rights tourism may protect Mississippi history

There's a new push to develop civil rights tourism in the Mississippi Delta where local groups are using federal dollars to preserve the stories before memories fade and landmarks are lost.

WEKU

Brought 'to the brink' by the pandemic, a Mississippi clinic is rebounding strong

The pandemic brought many small town health clinics to the brink. But health care providers say the crisis also led to more awareness of the health disparities that have long existed in rural America.

WEKU

With the movie 'Till,' Mamie Till-Mobley's quest to educate the world about her son's lynching marches on

After 14-year-old Emmett Till was kidnapped, severely beaten and killed in the Mississippi Delta on Aug. 28, 1955, his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, made the courageous decision to reveal her son’s corpse for all to see.

The Conversation

'Community is hurting,' mayor says after officer is killed

A police officer has been shot to death in the Mississippi Delta city where she grew up, and several other people were injured by gunfire

The Independent UK

Why the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame is headed to this small Mississippi Delta town

Marks, Mississippi, is where Martin Luther King Jr. chose in 1968 as the starting point for his Poor People's Campaign, which demanded economic justice for poor Americans of all backgrounds.

WEKU

R&B Hall of Fame headed to small Mississippi Delta town

The National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame is coming to the small Mississippi Delta town of Marks

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White woman who triggered lynching of black child won't be charged 77 years on

Jurors heard more than seven hours of testimony after an unserved arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham was found last month - 77 years after Emmett Till's killing in the Mississippi Delta in the US

Tribune News Service

A fitting finale: UNC's New Orleans history faces Kansas' recent success against Heels

NEW ORLEANS — In this city of old haunts and mysterious hexes, where the sound of music is as much of a part of the culture as the spirits who give this place its soul, North Carolina has made its share of basketball history, and now seeks more magic alongside…

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Tamales and the blues: Latino links to Black American music and cuisine

Bluesman Robert Johnson's 1930s homage to tamales points to neglected Latino connections to the South scholars are now uncovering.

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