


Mississippians may talk slow, but we move pretty fast. In just a few centuries, we created kingdoms of cotton and a great share of American culture; we founded the Blues, Country music and Elvis; we sent fiddlers and Faulkner into the world. We hosted Civil War battles and changed the course of American history and we witnessed the beginning of the inspiring African-American experience. We lived with a passion that changed the world and that was only yesterday... More