The majority-Black Mississippi Delta region is shrouded in both magic and myth for many outsiders, writer and essayist W.

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The Mississippi River's Bird's Foot Delta, a vital ecological and economic region, faces rapid deterioration because of rising sea levels, sediment shortages and invasive species. Louisiana State ...

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Ralph Eubanks' book "When It’s Darkness on the Delta" is a personal meditation on the region's complex issues. The book questions whether blues tourism is a new economic foundation or a form of ...

Mississippi Delta Community College football player Emanuell Cooks died on Sept. 18 following a game at Hinds Community College, the school announced on Sept. 19. The school said Cooks died "due to ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – The Mississippi Delta, the distinctive northwest section of the state of Mississippi, is 200 miles long and 87 miles across at its widest point, encompassing nearly 4,415,000 acres, ...