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Mississippi overview from A to Z Mississippi
Betty Debnam outlines Mississippi's place in history and economy. The state sits on the Mississippi River Gulf coast, a manufacturing and transportation hub for airplane parts ships car parts textiles and telecommunications. It traces explorations by Hernando de Soto in 1540 and later French British control, statehood in 1817, Civil War secession, civil rights struggles, and a rich cultural legacy including blues from the Delta. It notes African American demographics, catfish from Belzoni, and the Delta’s fertile soils built by Mississippi floods.
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Sherrye D. Garrett
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