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THE BLUES HIGHWAY: Desegregation from Clarksdale to Natchez

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July 7th 2015
THE BLUES HIGHWAY: Desegregation from Clarksdale to Natchez. Cotton...gotta love it or hate it. If I was black and working the plantations in Clarksdale...slave or sharecropper...cutting my hands on the pods...reckon I'd hate it. If I was a plantation owner...had one of those stupendous mansions in Natchez...once the home of more millionaires than any other city in the World...reck ... read more

North America » United States » Mississippi » Natchez

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more