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245 10 a| When it's darkness on the Delta :b| how America's richest soil became its poorest land /c| W. Ralph Eubanks.;

264 1 a| Boston, Massachusetts :b| Beacon Press,c| [2026];

300 a| xix, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Palimpsest -- The dimming mystique of Mileston -- "It's going to take a Moses" -- "We thought Mississippi was safer than Arkansas" -- The past is a foreign country -- "The jewel of the Delta" -- Race, health, and poverty in a sanctuary from segregation -- "Hunger has no color line" -- Saving an opportunity desert -- A cruel and intolerable burden -- "Justice is a blind goddess" -- The wrong side of that fence -- Your blues ain't like mine -- Casino lights -- Resilience and salvation in the Delta -- A veiled mirror.;

520 a| "Once the powerhouse of a fledgling country's economy, the Mississippi Delta has been consigned to a narrative of destitution. It is often faulted for the sins of the South, portrayed as a regional backwater that willfully cleaved itself from the modern world. But buried beneath the weight of good ol' boy politics and white-washed histories lies the Delta's true story. Mississippi native and award-winning writer W. Ralph Eubanks travels the loamy topsoil of the Mississippi Delta, revealing a microcosm of economic oppression in the US"-- Provided by publisher.;

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When it's darkness on the Delta : how America's richest soil became its poorest land / W. Ralph Eubanks.

Author/creator	Eubanks, W. Ralph, 1957- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2026]
Description	xix, 233 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	African Americans--Mississippi. --Delta (Region). --History. --20th century. African Americans--Mississippi. --Delta (Region). --History. --19th century. White supremacy (Social structure)--Mississippi. --Delta (Region). Delta (Miss. : Region)--History. Delta (Miss. : Region)--Social conditions. Delta (Miss. : Region)--Economic conditions.

Contents	Palimpsest -- The dimming mystique of Mileston -- "It's going to take a Moses" -- "We thought Mississippi was safer than Arkansas" -- The past is a foreign country -- "The jewel of the Delta" -- Race, health, and poverty in a sanctuary from segregation -- "Hunger has no color line" -- Saving an opportunity desert -- A cruel and intolerable burden -- "Justice is a blind goddess" -- The wrong side of that fence -- Your blues ain't like mine -- Casino lights -- Resilience and salvation in the Delta -- A veiled mirror.
Abstract	"Once the powerhouse of a fledgling country's economy, the Mississippi Delta has been consigned to a narrative of destitution. It is often faulted for the sins of the South, portrayed as a regional backwater that willfully cleaved itself from the modern world. But buried beneath the weight of good ol' boy politics and white-washed histories lies the Delta's true story. Mississippi native and award-winning writer W. Ralph Eubanks travels the loamy topsoil of the Mississippi Delta, revealing a microcosm of economic oppression in the US"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Eubanks, W. Ralph, 1957- When it's darkness on the Delta Boston : Beacon Press, [2026] 9780807045336
LCCN	2025026519
ISBN	9780807045329 hardcover
ISBN	0807045322 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book

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