The Mississippi Delta makes for a great weekend getaway. Named for the floodplains between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers, the region is where American music was born from the songs of sharecroppers. Today, there are blue markers on Highway 61 that denote significant music history. Rent a car in Memphis, preferably something classic like a pink Cadillac, and drive … [Read more...] about Weekend Guide to the Mississippi Delta
Greenwood
Small Town Saturday: Greenwood, MS
Greenwood, Mississippi is 130 miles from Memphis, home to blues music and Viking Range headquarters. There they have a luxury hotel, cooking school, and spa. It was the site of a number of protests during the Civil Rights Movement and where B.B. King performed his first live broadcast. Today it has a population of around 17,000 people. Many parts of the film The Help were also … [Read more...] about Small Town Saturday: Greenwood, MS
Film Friday: The Help
Based on the bestselling book by Kathryn Stockett, The Help follows the lives of three black maids in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi. Aspiring author Skeeter shakes up the small town when she enlists the help of the maids to write a tell-all book about race relations in the South. Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain, Octavia Spencer, and Bryce Dallas Howard all present … [Read more...] about Film Friday: The Help
