Posts tagged Delta
Back to School Special: Who First Challenged School Segregation in Mississippi?
Back to School Special: Who First Challenged School Segregation in Mississippi?

As elementary and high school students in Mississippi head back to school this month, they may not consider themselves lucky, but they are…

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Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellBrown v. Board of Education, desegregated public schools, segregation, Mississippi Asian population, Jeu Gong Lum, Asian Americans, Chinese immigrant, Delta, grocery stores, Jim Crow, Katherine Gong Lum, Berda Lum Chan
Inside Jackson City Limits, Farmers Combat Their Neighbors’ Lack of Fresh Produce
Inside Jackson City Limits, Farmers Combat Their Neighbors’ Lack of Fresh Produce

Mississippians have been going hungry for decades, as Robert F. Kennedy discovered 55 years ago this month.

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Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellMississippians, Mississippi food, food insecurity, food aid withheld, Kennedy, Freedom Farm Cooperative, Delta, cooperative food system, black residents, black farmers, food deserts, Mississippi Farmers market, Jackson fairgrounds, Wurmworks, Cindy Ayers-Elliot, Food Print Farms, the common table, produce