Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the ...

The Mississippi Delta gave birth to a blues style that links most directly to the work songs and field hollers of slaves on Southern plantations. The slaves brought the musical traditions of their ...

Two of Mississippi’s HBCUs and a promotional group have led recent efforts to keep the state’s musical heritage atop the ...

The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods ... explain some of the history behind blues music, especially the stripped-down, raw style of music called Delta blues.

The history explored by these two routes is not only the story of Mississippi, but also America in a way. The blues music ...

creating many musical innovations Muddy Waters was a huge influence in turning the music of the Mississippi Delta into modern-style electric blues In 1920 Mamie Smith became the first African ...

The Delta blues, first recorded in the 1920s, was one of the earliest types of blues music and originated in Mississippi in the Delta. The Delta was particularly poverty stricken and the ...

The Deep South is at once gothic and glamorous, steeped in history, hauntings and a hell of a lot of soul. I sailed through ...

Their project was to create a digital archive that describes this living history for the federally supported Mississippi Delta National Heritage ... video would start by paying homage to the Delta’s ...

The Mississippi Delta is known as the birthplace of the blues. Editor's note: This story has been updated to add information about Greenwood Cemetery. Black History Month is a time to celebrate ...