(WJTV) – Those who live in the poorest region of the one of the poorest states in the country have been working overtime to flip the script and position the Mississippi Delta for an economic boom.

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 ...

The Mississippi state and US federal governments are failing to take steps to prevent cervical cancer deaths for Black women ...

Languages: English. 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.

The Delta plantation system started in the 19th century when white farmers went there in search of fertile farmland, escaping declining productivity in other Southern states. They brought with ...

Human rights activists determined Mississippi and the federal government failed to prevent Black women from dying of cervical ...

joining Black Mississippi country artist Charlie Pride. The Delta continues to produce country artists like Louisianans Tim McGraw, Deana Carter, and such unclassifiable roots performers as Tony ...

Mississippi state and the US federal governments have neglected to protect black women from cervical cancer deaths in the rural Mississippi Delta region, Southern Rural Black Women's Initiative for ...