Mississippi Delta Could Vanish Soon, Scientists Warn
The Bird's Foot Delta, a crucial ecological and economic hub, faces an uncertain future amid rising seas and dwindling sediment.
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Inadequate Cervical Cancer Prevention and Care for Black Women in the United States Mississippi Delta
and this model Dr. Smith helped initiate has saved countless lives and has had a lasting impact in Mississippi and across the entire US. Yet, despite the progress made, the Delta’s landscape ...
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Sharecropping in Mississippi
They brought with them slaves to do the backbreaking work of clearing the wild forest and subduing the Mississippi River with levees. As a result of the slaves' labor, the Delta became the richest ...
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The black cowboys of the Mississippi Delta
In his series ‘Delta Hill Riders’, photographer Rory Doyle takes us inside the often overlooked black cowboy culture within the Mississippi Delta, challenging one of America's greatest myths ...
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Nonprofit works to support crops grown in the Mississippi Delta
Delta Harvest is partnering with the World Wildlife Fund to create a network of women and Black-owned specialty rice farms.
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With EPA support, the Corps is moving forward with flood relief project for Mississippi Delta
A 19,000 cubic-feet-per second, or cfs, pumping station in Louisiana cost roughly $1 billion to build over a decade ago, and ...
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US: Mississippi Delta Urgently Needs Better Cervical Cancer Care
The Mississippi state and US federal governments are failing to take steps to prevent cervical cancer deaths for Black women ...
What is the Jackson Volcano’s impact on Mississippi?
The heightened landscape was instrumental in Jackson ... The Midnight Volcano is situated under the Mississippi Delta. The ...