| 1927 FLOOD LEAVES SPIRTUAL SCARS | |
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great flood of 1927 had far reaching effects touching every aspect
of Delta life. Dr. DoVeanna Fulton explores one of these effects
on Wednesday April 30. Fulton will discuss the ways in which the
flood changed Gospel music. Her talk is scheduled for 7 p.m. in
the Lucy Howarth Seminar Room of the Charlie Capps Archives and
Museum on Delta State University's campus. |
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lyrics of songs written immediately after the flood reflect the feelings
of the people who lived through it. Fulton's presentation explores
the genre of Gospel music, by African American women in particular
and the Mississippi flood's effects on the whole community. Fulton argues Gospel songs by African American women artists from the late 1920's through the early 1950's, songs about the Biblical Great Flood, resonate with actual experiences of the 1927 flood. On April 21, 1927 the Mississippi River crevassed its levee at Mounds Landing, near Scott. The resulting flood made an inland sea covering more than one 125 square miles. The flood and its aftermath killed an unknown number of people in the worst natural disaster in American history. Delta State's Delta Center for Cultural and Learning is sponsoring the lecture. Fulton's talk is funded by a grant from Jim and Martha Renfroe and is free and open to the public. For more information contact the Delta Center at 662.846.4311. |
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The DBJ’s Fourth Annual Profile In Leadership Awards to be held May 3 in Cleveland Ed Nixon, brother of President Richard Nixon to be keynote speaker |
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Past
honorees have been the late Roger Malkin, former CEO of Delta
& Pine Land Company in Scott; Representative Charlie Capps
of Cleveland; former Delta State University president, Dr. Kent
Wyatt of Cleveland; former Planters Bank & Trust Company chairman,
Henry Paris of Indianola; Bill Gresham, president of Gresham Petroleum
in Indianola; Aven Whittington, farmer and businessman from Greenwood;
Willis Connell, former president for the Delta Region of Union
Planters Bank in Clarksdale; Jimmie Dick Carter, farmer and businessman
from Rolling Fork; Ed Kossman, president of Kossmans, Inc. in
Cleveland; and Dick Flowers, farmer and businessman from Tunica.
Past keynote speakers have been Senator Thad Cochran, Senator
Trent Lott, and Governor Ronnie |
BREAKING GROUND IN COAHOMA COUNTY
Cleveland,
MS (April 21, 2003) Delta State University has been offering the
Clarksdale community classes from various locations for nearly seven
years. Now, in partnership with Coahoma Community College, the support
of the Coahoma Board of Supervisors, the State of Mississippi and
public contributions there is a permanent satellite campus. The
new campus will offer courses through both Delta State University
and Coahoma Community College . Members from the Higher Education
community joined the public breaking ground on the Coahoma County
Higher Education Center "Delta State is pleased to establish a permanent home in Clarksdale and Coahoma County," said interim president, Dr. John Thornell. "Our partnership with Coahoma Community College is founded on meeting the needs of the region." Classes offered from the satellite campus target four specific areas; improving education through high quality teacher instruction, increasing the level of the enhanced healthcare workforce, preserving and sharing culture and the cultural history of the Delta, and promoting economic development. "The
Coahoma County Board of Supervisors has showed enormous support
for this project," said Dr. Vivian Presley, president of Coahoma
County College. "It is our hope those who didn't possess the
means to further their education now see the great opportunity afforded
to them." During the construction phases Delta State University and Coahoma Community College will continue to offer classes in the four pillars of instruction; education, healthcare, business/community development, and Delta history and culture. For
more information on the Coahoma County Higher Education Center or
for more information on coursework available at the campus contact
Delta State University's Division of Continuing Education, 662.846-4027,
or Coahoma Community College, 662.621-2146. |
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fire of 1978 hit several downtown business in Cleveland. Courtesy of the Bolivar County Library System. From Reflections of Bolivar County printed by The Bolivar Commercial. |
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