Growing Quote by Morgan Freeman

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 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 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

“Mississippi used to be able to do whatever it wanted to do, until the United States found out about it. And now that Mississippi…

— John Pritchard

It was a culture shock at first, moving from Michigan to Mississippi. But it ended up being the best decision I ever made.

— Devin Booker

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

I'd spent summers growing up in Mississippi, so I had an idea of what the South is like.

— Patty Jenkins

The Mississippi of 1920 was an exceptionally dangerous place for Black people. But my grandfather deeply believed in helping create opportunities to African-Americans to…

— Mike Espy

I am a lifelong Mississippian. I remember Jim Crow, 'colored' and 'white' water fountains, and my mother's inability to try on a dress in…

— Mike Espy

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

— Fannie Lou Hamer

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

I'm from the Mississippi delta originally.

— Little Milton