Highway 61

Description:

"This book brings together essays by noted Delta writers and scholars, interviews with Delta residents from all walks of life, and vivid photographs that document the region, as well as an original poem by famed poet Nikki Giovanni. The essay writers touch on a variety of themes from cultural landmarks to racial issues to the struggle for Civil Rights, providing the reader with a guide to important themes of the area?s history and culture."--Page 2 of cover.

subjects: Social conditions,  Social life and customs,  Biography,  Pictorial works,  Anecdotes,  Deltas,  Mississippi, biography,  Mississippi, social conditions,  Mississippi, social life and customs,  Mississippi, description and travel