The majority-Black Mississippi Delta region is shrouded in both magic and myth for many outsiders, writer and essayist W.

Advancing rural prosperity in America requires that we listen closely to people in places like the Mississippi Delta. e elevated, heard and heeded.

Three of America’s five highest murder rate counties are in rural Mississippi. We went there to explore life in the ...

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GREENVILLE, Miss. — I recently moved to the heart and soul of the Mississippi Delta, the birthplace of the blues. Signs of this rich music heritage are all around me in this part of the state — the ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Four days before Christmas, Chiquikta Fountain watched as a growing line of cars stretched down a mile of road in the Mississippi Delta. From her vantage point, it seemed like every ...

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As the National Museum of African American Music opens its doors, journalists from the USA TODAY Network explore the stories, places and people who helped make music what it is today in our expansive ...