Speaking with relatives about family history, I am often told to keep this piece of information between you, me and the gate post. Respecting sensibilities, I will share my family stories entwine with historical events from Copiah, Jefferson and Lincoln Counties, Mississippi, from gate post to gate post.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Wordless Wednesday Slums 1957
Picture showing slums that were removed in construction of High Street Ext., Jackson, Mississippi, March 14, 1957.
Photograph courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
I stayed in a house similar to these in a neighborhood similar to this but in the Delta somewhere. I was a the Republic of New Africa Land Celebration in 1971 when a friend took me to visit some friends of his.
I stayed in a house similar to these in a neighborhood similar to this but in the Delta somewhere. I was a the Republic of New Africa Land Celebration in 1971 when a friend took me to visit some friends of his.
ReplyDeleteSome shotguns in the Delta have been renovated for visitors. The houses in the photo were destroyed the same year my parents moved to Jackson.
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