http://mtc.vox.com/library/posts/tags/mississippi+delta/page/1/ Ben Guest, Program Manager of the Mississippi Teacher Corps, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Namibia, and Amherst College graduate... en Vox Wed, 07 May 2008 05:52:07 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss mississippi delta http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/intern-1.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/intern-1.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/intern-1.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 07 May 2008 05:52:07 -0700 <p>Part Two of the MTC 2007 Summer Intern film.&#160; Watch Part One <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/intern.html">here</a>.</p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c22523f3adf21900e398f73c870005" at:format="auto" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-auto embed-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="width: 370px;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item embed-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-embed"> <iframe class="enclosure-iframe" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://a7.vox-data.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398f73c870005-html" style="width: 370px; 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height: 280px;"></iframe> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name">The Delta...</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <br /><div><br /></div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/the-delta.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d0aaacf0001?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> mississippi delta http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/old-school-disco.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/old-school-disco.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/old-school-disco.html?_c=feed-rss-full Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:21:04 -0800 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cdf9ff10002" at:format="large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cdf9ff10002.html"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cdf9ff10002-320pi" alt="Disco" title="Disco" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cdf9ff10002.html" title="Disco">Disco</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <div>&quot;Old School Disco&quot; with a basketball court on one side. &#160;Photo was taken in 2003,&#160;outside of Belzoni, MS.</div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/old-school-disco.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cdfa0520002?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> mississippi delta juke joint http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/money-ms.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/money-ms.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/money-ms.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:31:27 -0800 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c22523f3adf21900e398e0f44d0004" at:format="extra-large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-extra-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398e0f44d0004.html"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398e0f44d0004-500pi" alt="Bryant's Store in Money, MS" title="Bryant's Store in Money, MS" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398e0f44d0004.html" title="Bryant's Store in Money, MS">Bryant's Store in Money, MS</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <div>This is all that remains of Bryant&#39;s Store in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money%2C_MS">Money, MS</a>. &#160;Fourteen-year-old African-American&#160;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till">Emmett Till</a> was kidnapped, tortured, and&#160;murdered, for saying &quot;Bye, baby&quot; to <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/sfeature/sf_forum_0121.html">Carolyn Bryant</a> as he left this store in 1955. &#160;Bryant, a white woman whose husband, Roy, owned the store, resides, to this day, in Greenville, MS. &#160;After his acquittal Roy boasted publicly, and in print, about killing Till.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div>This photo was taken in June of 2007.</div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/money-ms.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398e0f4d10004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> money mississippi civil rights movement mississippi delta emmett till http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/two-weeks-left.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/two-weeks-left.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/two-weeks-left.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:54:05 -0700 <p>Last Saturday, second-year <a href="http://www.olemiss.edu/programs/mtc/Participants/Bios/2006/Class/150.htm">Ashley Johnson</a> and I showed <a href="http://laurynmtc.vox.com/">Lauryn Smith</a>, the fabulous MTC intern, around the <a href="http://www.mtc.smugmug.com/gallery/1621095">Mississippi Delta</a>.&#160; We toured <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood,_Mississippi">Greenwood</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money%2C_Mississippi">Money</a> and parts in between.</p><p>Money is the small town where <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmit_Till">Emmit Till</a> was tortured and murdered (interestingly enough, Till&#39;s Wikipedia page has caused a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Emmett_Till">heated debate</a>).&#160; The store, where he committed the unpardonable crime of whistling at a white woman, is still standing (barely).&#160; Photos of the trip are below.&#160; More photos <a href="http://www.mtc.smugmug.com/gallery/3089965">here...</a></p><div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c22523f3adf21900d41449e3216a47 6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e80146bbe2b 6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e8014cdbe2b" at:format="strip-horizontal" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-strip enclosure-strip-horizontal" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style=" margin: 5px; border: 1px solid; text-align: center;"><a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41449e3216a47.html" class="enclosure-strip-link" title="Delta"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41449e3216a47-120pi" alt="Delta" class="enclosure-strip-image" style="margin: 5px; border: 0;" /></a><a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e80146bbe2b.html" class="enclosure-strip-link" title="Store"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e80146bbe2b-120pi" alt="Store" class="enclosure-strip-image" style="margin: 5px; border: 0;" /></a><a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e8014cdbe2b.html" class="enclosure-strip-link" title="Sky"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e8014cdbe2b-120pi" alt="Sky" class="enclosure-strip-image" style="margin: 5px; border: 0;" /></a></div> </div> <!-- end enclosure --> <p><br /> <div><br /></div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/two-weeks-left.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd973e44524cd5?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> money greenwood mississippi delta lauryn smith mississippi teacher corps ashley johnson emmit till http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/the-mississippi-delta.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/the-mississippi-delta.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/the-mississippi-delta.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 18 May 2007 07:20:04 -0700 <p>This is a short (50 sec.) video I put together as part of a <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.000001129aab743156f64&amp;ll=33.947917,-90.032959&amp;spn=6.760548,14.644775&amp;z=7&amp;om=1">larger project </a>I&#39;m working on:</p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c22523f3adf21900d414368c6d6a47" at:format="small" at:align="left" class="enclosure enclosure-left enclosure-small video-enclosure" style="text-align: center; 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