The Delta may have been beautiful, but work there was hard. Slavery and cotton production became synonymous with the Southern economy and Mississippi. Since the Mississippi Delta was the last area ...

Explore what Mississippi is famous for, from Delta Blues to Elvis Presley, and the warm culture of the Magnolia State.

The Mississippi Delta might not seem like the natural habitat ... One theory points to Mexican laborers in the early 20th century who worked the cotton fields, sharing their culinary traditions ...

With a hot tamale trail and the world catfish festival, Mississippi has a culinary scene unlike any other in the States – ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917, the 20th child of Lou Ella and James Lee Townsend, sharecroppers east of the Mississippi Delta. She first joined her family in the cotton fields at the age of six.

Sinners’ Mixes Blues, Vampires and the Mississippi Delta Into Ryan Coogler’s 1st Original Film Ryan Coogler only makes personal movies. “Fruitvale Station” was set in his hometown of ...

NEW ORLEANS —Delta Utilities, a natural gas utility ... companies serving communities throughout Louisiana and Mississippi. This acquisition is expected to generate significant new and retained ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Delta Utilities, headquartered in Louisiana, announced Tuesday, April 1 that it has acquired CenterPoint Energy’s three regulated natural gas local distribution companies that ...