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>> john t. edge: this is exactly what you expect in mississippi though, right? >> anthony: yeah, its supposed to look like this. >> john t. edge: you know, i moved here from georgia, and the thing that struck me when i moved here driving through the delta the first time was just how empty it was. like, you know, its like everybody left. >> anthony: the great migration. three factors. automation -- the invention of mechanical means to pick cotton. the call of better-paying jobs in the industries ...

In the industries of the north, and of course, freedom. >> people think about the blues as a lament. a lot of blues songs are about freedom, about getting the hell out of mississippi. and there were a lot of reasons to get the hell out of mississippi, for a long time. now theres a return migration. theres that whole period late 60s, early 70s, where kids are bugging out of brown university to come sit at the foot of an aging blues man in mississippi. theres a cyclical pattern to that. now you se...

Moved here from georgia, and the thing that struck me when i moved here driving through the delta the first time was just how empty it was. like, you know, its like everybody left. >> anthony: the great migration. three factors. automation -- the invention of mechanical means to pick cotton. the call of better-paying jobs in the industries of the north. and, of course, freedom. >> john t. edge: you know, people think about the blues as a lament. a lot of blues songs are about freedom, about gett...

This is exactly what you expect in mississippi, though, right? >> yeah. its supposed to look like this. >> i moved here from georgia and the thing that struck me when i moved here, driving through the delta the first time, was just how empty it was. you know, its like everybody left. >> the great migration. three factors. automation, the invention of mechanical means to pick cotton, the call of better-paying jobs in the industries of the north, and of course, freedom. >> people think about the b...

This is exactly what you expect in mississippi, though, right? >> yeah. its supposed to look like this. >> i moved here from georgia and the thing that struck me when i moved here, driving through the delta the first time, was just how empty it was. you know, its like everybody left. >> the great migration. three factors. automation, the invention of mechanical means to pick cotton, the call of better-paying jobs in the industries of the north, and of course, freedom. >> people think about the b...

This is exactly what you expect in mississippi, though, right? >> yeah. its supposed to look like this. >> i moved here from georgia and the thing that struck me when i moved here, driving through the delta the first time, was just how empty it was. you know, its like everybody left. >> the great migration. three factors. automation, the invention of mechanical means to pick cotton, the call of better-paying jobs in the industries of the north, and of course, freedom. >> people think about the b...

Mechanical means to pick cotton, the call of better-paying jobs in the industries of the north, and of course, freedom. >> people think about the blues as a lament. a lot of blues songs are about freedom, about getting the hell out of mississippi. and there were a lot of reasons to get the hell out of mississippi, for a long time. now theres a return migration. theres that whole period late 60s, early 70s, where kids are bugging out of brown university to come sit at the foot of an aging blues m...

Now theres a return migration. theres that whole period late 60s, early 70s, where kids are bugging out of brown university to come sit at the foot of an aging blues man in mississippi. theres a cyclical pattern to that. now you see people kind of doing the same thing with food, like theres a whole generation that wants to come down here and sit at the foot of an aged catfish cook. >> state senator willie simmons has been an elected official of the mississippi delta for 20 years. and hes been ru...

This is exactly what you expect in mississippi, though, right? >> yeah. its supposed to look like this. >> i moved here from georgia and the thing that struck me when i moved here, driving through the delta the first time, was just how empty it was. you know, its like everybody left. >> the great migration. three factors. automation, the invention of mechanical means to pick cotton, the call of better-paying jobs in the industries of the north, and of course, freedom. >> people think about the b...

♪ this is exactly what you expect in mississippi, though, right? >> yeah. its supposed to look like this. >> i moved here from georgia and the thing that struck me when i moved here, driving through the delta the first time, was just how empty it was. you know, its like everybody left. >> the great migration. three factors. automation, the invention of mechanical means to pick cotton, the call of better-paying jobs in the industries of the north, and of course, freedom. >> people think about...