Big city Quote by Fannie Lou Hamer

As I grew older I began to realize that Mississippi really wasn't that bad. The basis for progress has always been there. And the…

— Mike Espy

I wanted to get out of Mississippi in the worst way. Go back? What I want to go back for?

— Muddy Waters

That's why I want to change Mississippi. You don't run away from problems - you just face them.

— Fannie Lou Hamer

As a teenager growing up during Jim Crow, all I wanted to do was leave Mississippi. But I came back and raised my own…

— Mike Espy

The real problem in Mississippi is almost a complete moral breakdown. In order to move Mississippi from the bottom to the top, all we…

— James Meredith

I grew up in Mississippi. I was there for 13 years, and then when I turned 13, I moved out to L.A.

— Israel Broussard

I feel like I can be myself in L.A. I feel like Mississippi is a little close-minded; not all of Mississippi is, but just…

— Israel Broussard

Whether in public office or right here at home, I will never stop fighting for Mississippi. From the Delta to East Mississippi up to…

— Mike Espy

Everyone thinks because you're from the south you know everyone down there, but it's not like that; I never knew nothing about no Mississippi.

— Buddy Guy

Growing up in Mississippi, I realized that it was separate and unequal and all that, but it was still a safe place.

— Morgan Freeman

I grew up in Mississippi being told it was a great place, but not feeling that. When I finally began reading seriously, literature showed…

— Richard Ford

I went to college in Mississippi; I'm from Louisiana.

— Trishelle Cannatella