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Mississippi. and there were a lot of reasons to get out of mississippi for a long time. now theres a return migration. and its a whole period, late 60s early 70s where are bugging out of brown university. theres a cyclical pattern to that. now, you know, you see people doing the same thing with food. theres a whole generation that wants to come down here. >> state senator willie simmons has been an elected official of the mississippi delta for 20 years. and hes been running this place, senators ...

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...

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...

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. like 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 blues ...

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. like 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 blues ...

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