See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Mississippi River's Bird's Foot Delta, a vital ecological and ...

Delta State University paid tribute to one of the Mississippi Delta's most distinguished cultural ambassadors recently, presenting Lee Aylward with a formal Proclamation of Appreciation in recognition ...

Legendary moonshiner Perry Martin died in 1968 and so did the decades of illegal distribution of the his spirits he engineered from the tiny hamlet of Rosedale along the Mississippi River in the Delta ...

As the Mississippi sun glints through the coloured glass on the bottle tree, I think about the haints. I’ve been told that the “tree” has been built to catch these dark spirits and protect those who ...

Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1997 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution. The Mississippi Delta is the area formed by the ...

Mississippi Public Broadcasting has restored service to WMAO(FM) across the Mississippi Delta from a temporary setup ...

Levee failure during Mississippi River 1927 Flood. Human civilization can trace its roots back to the transformation of muddy waters into new land. This transformation arises from the swirling mixture ...

The report, “No Excuse: Inadequate Cervical Cancer Prevention and Care for Black Women in the United States Mississippi Delta,” documents that state and federal policies and a lack of investment in ...