05 Hidden History of the Mississippi Delta

Meet the characters who created what James C. Cobb called "the most southern place on earth."

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This illustrated history describes how the bountiful soil of the Delta attracted farmers and entrepreneurs, as those they had no choice in tilling the land but who gave rise to a new music, the Delta blues.

Heavily illustrated with photos from the public library, the Library of Congress, and private collections.

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Established 1979

The Delta Blues Museum was established in 1979 by the Carnegie Public Library Board of Trustees and re-organized as a stand-alone museum in 1999, the Delta Blues Museum is Mississippi's oldest music museum and the nation's first museum dedicated to the American art form known as the Blues.