Showing posts with label BB King. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BB King. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Home of the Blues; Yazoo-Mississippi Delta
Labels:
BB King,
civil rights music,
Delta blues,
Emmett Till,
Mavis Staples
Monday, May 28, 2007
Blog Across the Mississippi Delta Civil Rights History Tour

Blog Across Mississippi Civil Rights History Tour
On June 30, I'm leaving for the Mississippi Delta to visit Margaret Block, Unita Blackwell and others involved in the modern civil rights movement. We'll be traveling in and out of the Delta for 10 days as we photograph important spots and talk about the region's history. You are invited to "travel" along on this blog. We have very few scheduled stops, but here are the first two:
June 1 - Charleston, Miss.
Margaret Block and I will attend the program honoring Birdia Keglar, civil rights advocate, who was killed in 1966.
June 2 - Meridian, Miss.
We will attend the funeral of Mrs. Chaney, James Chaney's mother.
Other points we'll be visiting:
Rolling Fork (home of early Delta bluesmen), Drew (home of the Staples family and other blues musicians), Ruleville, the Brooks Farm, Parchman, Clarksdale, Glendora, Holly Springs, Cleveland ...
Stay tuned.
Susan