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This area used to look very different. massive wild old wood forests and swamps. after the passage of the cheerful-sounding native removal act of 1830, the delta became open for settlement by any white people crazy enough, hardy enough, determined enough or just plain mean and greedy enough, to come here. ♪ >> there's no way to make up for our bad racial past but you know, the sense of community that keeps people here is evidenced in this place. >> julia reed is greenville born and raised, the daughter of a political family, a writer, author and as delta as it gets. how long you been in miss...

>> john currence is a celebrated chef who left new orleans to come to mississippi and open first one, then many more restaurants and businesses in the town of oxford. >> i've stayed busy. >> and this is doe's eat place in greenville. >> this is the great florence signal. >> so good to meet you. >> florence is in charge of the salad bowl and has been -- this is doe's senior sister-in-law. when did y'all open up, florence, 1930? >> '41. >> close enough. >> like a lot of folks around here, dominic big doe signa got his start selling hot tamales to go. in the beginning, the place catered to the bl...

>> he was a middle of the road democrat. that's what he said. he said you have to bring black education up with white education and since the state of mississippi will not invest in black education, it's up to its citizens to do so. he said that segregation wasn't about being right or wrong. he said any sane, sober southerner knows that it's wrong. it's about wanting to change or not. but people don't want to give up power. fear is still alive and well in mississippi. i think racism is one of those great things in the world that you'll never solve and that's why faulkner wrote about it. >> wri...

Beth ann fennelly. grisham writers in residence, megan abbott, jack pendarvis, a poet chayuma elliott. bryce thompson is a senior writer for espn. fellow writer on the series "treme," chris ofen. novelist ace atkins. poet derek harell is originally from milwaukee. crime novelist billy boyle from brooklyn. downstairs, currence's restaurant city grocery cranks out many delicious things. the man known as big bad chef, aka johnny snack, is sending some of those goodies upstairs as there's nothing professional writers like more than free food. >> usually you put five writers in a room, it's an ugly...

Megan abbott, jack pendarvis, a poet chayuma elliott. bryce thompson a senior writer for espn. fellow writer on the series "treme," chris. novelist ace atkins. poet derek harell is originally from milwaukee. crime novelist billy boyle from brooklyn. downstairs, currence's restaurant city grocery cranks out many delicious things. the man known as big bad chef, aka johnny snack, is sending some of those goodies upstairs as there's nothing professional writers like more than free food. usually, you put five writers in a room, it's an ugly, hell broth of envy, hatred -- >> we all hate tommy. >> ye...