Over the next few years, the Department of Archives and History aims to revitalize some of the state's most beloved ...

Mississippi is a state rich with history. From the northern corners, to the Delta, to the coast ... In 1890, the sprawling Windsor Plantation was marred by a fire, leaving only 29 large columns ...

The Mississippi Delta is a region of rich, fertile soil, renowned for its contributions to civil rights activism, blues, art, and storytelling. Home to both the plantation economy and the civil ...

Carolyn Bryant, the daughter of a plantation manager and a nurse ... the heart of the cotton-growing Mississippi Delta. They had two sons and lived in two small rooms in the back of the store.

Many of its pioneers learned from each other while sharecropping on plantations in the Mississippi Delta. If I ever hope to feel this music, I want to better understand where it comes from. Onstage, a ...