This author has contributed to the following articles in the Encyclopedia.Beadle, Samuel AlfredSamuel Alfred Beadle was born into slavery in Georgia on 17 August 1857 and was brought to Rankin County, Mississippi,…Brocks-Shedd, VirgiaVirgia Brocks-Shedd was born in Carpenter, Mississippi, in 1943. Her family moved to the community of Bel Pine when the…Cotton, James "Superharp"James “Superharp” Cotton was one of the most influential postwar blues harmonica players. During his sixty-five-year career he recorded and…Cultural Crossroads QuiltersCultural Crossroads Quilters is a group of women who live in Port Gibson in Claiborne County, Mississippi. They work individually…Dixon, WillieWillie Dixon was a highly influential blues bassist, composer, arranger, singer, and producer, most famously for Chess records in Chicago.…Harrison, JuanitaJuanita Harrison’s only book, My Great, Wide, Beautiful World (1936), is one of the earliest examples of autobiographical travel writing…Lee, George Washington (Writer)George Washington Lee was a successful African American businessman and politician who wrote his first book to promote racial pride…Prentiss Normal and Industrial InstituteAfrican Americans faced limited educational opportunities in Mississippi at the turn of the twentieth century. To challenge those limits, Jonas…Rush, Bobby (Emmit Ellis, Jr.)Composer, songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player Bobby Rush pioneered an original form of blues music he dubbed “folk funk,” a…
Beadle, Samuel AlfredSamuel Alfred Beadle was born into slavery in Georgia on 17 August 1857 and was brought to Rankin County, Mississippi,…
Brocks-Shedd, VirgiaVirgia Brocks-Shedd was born in Carpenter, Mississippi, in 1943. Her family moved to the community of Bel Pine when the…
Cotton, James "Superharp"James “Superharp” Cotton was one of the most influential postwar blues harmonica players. During his sixty-five-year career he recorded and…
Cultural Crossroads QuiltersCultural Crossroads Quilters is a group of women who live in Port Gibson in Claiborne County, Mississippi. They work individually…
Dixon, WillieWillie Dixon was a highly influential blues bassist, composer, arranger, singer, and producer, most famously for Chess records in Chicago.…
Harrison, JuanitaJuanita Harrison’s only book, My Great, Wide, Beautiful World (1936), is one of the earliest examples of autobiographical travel writing…
Lee, George Washington (Writer)George Washington Lee was a successful African American businessman and politician who wrote his first book to promote racial pride…
Prentiss Normal and Industrial InstituteAfrican Americans faced limited educational opportunities in Mississippi at the turn of the twentieth century. To challenge those limits, Jonas…
Rush, Bobby (Emmit Ellis, Jr.)Composer, songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player Bobby Rush pioneered an original form of blues music he dubbed “folk funk,” a…
