Mississippi: Magic, Mystery and Environmental Racism

For any writer, Mississippi is magic. Starting with William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, and Tennessee Williams and moving forward to Richard Wright, Donna Tartt and Richard Ford, among so many others, Mississippi has produced an exceptional number of exceptional writers.

Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellSeptember 8, 2020Mississippi writers, Jesmyn Ward, Turkey Creek, DeLisle, Dupont plant, Chemours plant, titanium dioxide, rural black communities, deep south, environmental cost, air pollution, toxic pollutants

Environmental Justice Means Clean Water and Safety from Floods

Before I left New York City to work at MCIR for six months, a documentarian told me about visiting a festival in Clarksdale, in the Mississippi Delta, some years ago. The organizers had advised her not to drink the water, and she wasn’t surprised when she saw it was bright yellow.

Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellSeptember 1, 2020Clarksdale, covid-19, water pollution, drinking water, water alerts, Pearl river, Come Hell or High Water, Hurricane Katrina, Turkey Creek