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In some places the flat, alluvial plane of the Mississippi Delta seems to stretch on without end. Row after row of young cotton plants take root in a fertile flood plain covered with rich river sediment from the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers. Here, a small shack from the era of sharecropping stands alone, a remnant from a deeply exploitive agricultural system designed to replace slave plantations and keep rich, white landowners in power long after the Civil War. Typical sharecropping…

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Baptism, Moon Lake, MS 1997. A group of baptism candidates make their way carefully over loose stones to the edge of Moon Lake, an oxbow of the Mississippi near Lula, MS. Small churches in the Lula/Friars Point area gather in the fall to baptize candidates in the lake just as they have for over one hundred years. The great migration of blacks from the Delta in the 1940’s and 50’s resulted in a dramatic decline in the Delta population, impacting church congregations to the point that many churches were abandoned. Today’s Delta churches now pool their resources to help keep tradition alive. Baptisms are usually attended by members of 3-6 different congregations. Small Town Names, Great Migration, The Great Migration, Mississippi Delta, Blog Art, Southern Gothic, Loose Stones, Mississippi River, Fine Art Gallery

Baptism, Moon Lake, MS 1997. A group of baptism candidates make their way carefully over loose stones to the edge of Moon Lake, an oxbow of the Mississippi near Lula, MS. Small churches in the Lula/Friars Point area gather in the fall to baptize candidates in the lake just as they have for over one hundred years. The great migration of blacks from the Delta in the 1940’s and 50’s resulted in a dramatic decline in the Delta population, impacting church congregations to the point that many…

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