“Blues pioneer and Mississippi native Charley Patton recorded his classic “Pea Vine Blues” in 1929 for Paramount Records. The song, played with the driving pulse of a moving train, referred to the Delta’s main rail line, the Peavine, which carried… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“The lawyers ceded their right to argue to case before the justices. A verdict would be rendered in secret, behind closed doors, with only… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“Taft ended his opinion with an added clause, a statement so bold that it would rattle even his strongest supporters. The chief justice of… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“Arriving in the North, Martha became a migrant among immigrants, still a child, already twice removed from the ancestry she was taught to call… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“Richardson ran on a parallel course beside Adams Street, but despite their proximity, the two streets were worlds apart. Richardson, on its path west… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“After the United States entered World War I, Southern landowners had a new means of ensuring their laborers remained on plantations—the threat of the… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“For a period of twenty years, from the 1925 Gong Lum decision until the end of World War II, the majority of Delta Chinese… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“could. Jeu Gong was not so fortunate. He would have to find his bride in America. There was talk of a servant girl who… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“Whenever Jeu Gong could get away from the store, he went to his small plot of land at the far end of Bruce Street,… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“Flowers wanted to make it clear to the justices that he stood before them a strong defender of segregation. He came not to topple… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“The court’s ruling established a precedent more powerful than the Lum family could have imagined. By fighting, they only made the enemy stronger. Every… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“One of the chief ways to lure farmers from the hills to the banks of the Mississippi River, Walter Sillers Jr. and other Delta… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“Residents of Rosedale created a separate Chinese school in 1933. In 1937 a similar school was erected in nearby Cleveland. Due to limited enrollment,… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
