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From left to right, workshop participant Kim Bliss, who teaches in Portland Oregon; Luther Brown, director of the Delta State Delta Center, Lee Aylward, of the Delta Center; Bonnie Littleton, of the St. Gabriel Mercy Center Board of Directors; and workshop participant Edi Campbell a teacher from Indianapolis.
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From the blues to cotton to catfish, the Mississippi Delta is famous for the many things it has given to America. This past week during the National Endowment for the Humanities Landmark Institute “The Most Southern Place on Earth: Music, Culture, and History in the Mississippi Delta” 40 teachers from all over the United States were able to deepen their understanding of the Delta by seeing, tasting and touching the real land. One thing that could not be missed was how much the people of the Delta cherish their rich heritage and how willing they are to share it. After visiting places like Cleveland, Greenville, Indianola, Tallahatchie County, Dockery Farms, Mound Bayou and other sites, the teachers in the group were able to better understand the past and to want for a better tomorrow for all Americans. The teachers were so touched by the Delta and its people that they decided to make a donation of $260 to the Saint Gabriel Mercy Center in Mound Bayou in the names of Luther Brown and Lee Aylward and the Delta Center for Culture and Learning at Delta State University. |
