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  2. Mississippi Delta - Wikipedia

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    The Mississippi Delta, also known as the Yazoo–Mississippi Delta, or simply the Delta, is the distinctive northwest section of the U.S. state of Mississippi (and portions of Arkansas and Louisiana) that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. The region has been called "The Most Southern Place on Earth" [1] ("Southern" in the sense of ...

  3. Delta Regional Authority - Wikipedia

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    The Delta Regional Authority ( DRA) is a Federal - State partnership whose mission it is to improve the quality of life for the residents of the Mississippi Delta. The Delta Regional Authority serves 252 counties and parishes in parts of eight states: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.

  4. The Most Southern Place on Earth - Wikipedia

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    The Most Southern Place on Earth. The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity is a nonfiction book by James C. Cobb, published in 1992 by Oxford University Press. It is about the Mississippi Delta region. The author argues that while the white wealthy people had ended political opportunity of the ...

  5. Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 34.318085°N 90.454564°W. Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area is a federally designated National Heritage Area that seeks to preserve and promote the landscape, culture and history of the Mississippi Delta in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The region is famous for blues music and a unique culture ...

  6. Education segregation in the Mississippi Delta - Wikipedia

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    The Delta region of Mississippi is nineteen counties in the northwest of the state, bounded on the west by the Mississippi River and the south by the Yazoo River. It is a poor region of the country's poorest state. In the center is Sunflower County, which serves as an example for the region. It is consistently 72% Black or African-American at ...

  7. Mississippi River Delta - Wikipedia

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    The Mississippi River Delta is the 7th largest river delta on Earth and is an important coastal region for the United States, containing more than 2.7 million acres (4,200 sq mi; 11,000 km 2) of coastal wetlands and 37% of the estuarine marsh in the conterminous U.S. The coastal area is the nation's largest drainage basin and drains about 41% ...

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