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Blues & Civil Rights Traveling through Mississippi with this guide, you will experience the past, present and future of the blues in museums, at historical sites, at festivals and in juke joints. The deep scars of slavery, racism, segregation and the Black resistance against it can be seen in many places, and is documented in many moving museums. The guide also leads you to the white sands of the Gulf Coast, along the mighty Mississippi River, to the cotton fields of the Delta and the hills in Northern Mississippi. New Orleans, Louisiana and Memphis, Tennessee are also featured — all cities associated with both the blues and the civil rights movement of Mississippi. This Odyssee Travel Guide offers: - Accurate descriptions of known and unknown sights - Bright, colorful layout that makes it easy to plan your route - Nine maps, color photos and a detailed index - Relevant information about history and society - Recommendations for live music, festivals, food and hotels - References to useful websites and apps

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Traveling through Mississippi with this guide, you will experience the past, present and future of the blues in museums, at historical sites, at festivals and in juke joints. The deep scars of slavery, racism, segregation and the Black resistance against it can be seen in many places, and is documented in many moving museums.

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Around 1970, Leo Platvoet discovered the blues as a teenager. Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Muddy Waters and Freddie King played in Amsterdam and London and Leo was often there. The iconic American Folk Blues festival, that visited The Netherlands, was an annual highlight. He has been blues addicted for over 50 years. To write this book, he visited Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee three times to discover the sources and the vitality of the blues and the history of the civil rights movement. He travelled to St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit and many other places to experience the influence of the Mississippi blues in other parts of the US. Leo Platvoet studied sociology in Amsterdam and was active in Dutch politics for 35 years as a party leader, local councilor, Senator and as a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Between 1986 and 2002 he wrote sixteen volumes in the Dutch Odyssee Travel Guidebook series about European destinations. In the 2010s, he worked for five years in Liberia, West Africa, for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.

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Ex plor ing Mis sis sippi 7 Odyssee's High lights 11 Mis sis sippi Delta Ex plor ing the Mis sis sippi Delta 14 Clarks dale and the North ern Mis sis sippi Delta 15 Mid-Delta 33 South ern Mis sis sippi Delta 44 Mem phis and North Mis sis sippi Ex plor ing Mem phis and North Mis sis sippi 63 Mem phis 64 Hills 78 Pines 96 Jack son and South west Mis sis sippi Ex plor ing Jack son and South west Mis sis sippi 105 Jack son 106 South west Mis sis sippi 119 New Or leans and Coastal Mis sis sippi Ex plor ing New Or leans and Coastal Mis sis sippi 135 New Or leans 136 Coastal Mis sis sippi: The Se cret Coast 143 Back ground in for ma tion His tory of Mis sis sippi 150 His tory of the Delta Blues 157 Prac ti cal in for ma tion Trans porta tion and ac com mo da tion in Mis sis sippi 160 Prac ti cal ABC 162 Blues glos sary 165 Index 167 Sidebars Muddy Wa ters: bought a one-way ticket to Chicago 18 Pine top Perkins: blues brother up to the age of 97 23 John Lee Hooker: "De mo c rat Man" until his death 25 Sonny Boy Williamson II: rest less and ec cen tric 28 Son House: pas sion ate blues man 30 Mem phis Min nie: loved and feared 32 Amzie Moore: pro lific civil rights or ga nizer 38 Charley Pat ton: the first star of the Delta Blues 39 Fan nie Lou Hamer: pow er house 40 Big Bill Broonzy: re spected in the Nether lands 42 Jimmy Reed: suc cess ful with his "easy-lis ten ing" blues 47 B.B. King: global icon of the blues 49 Al bert King: pow er ful gui tar play ing and a vel vety voice 50 Em mett Till: "His name will be a leg end we all know" 57 George W. Lee: "Pray that you come out of this hell" 60 Mar tin Luther King Jr.: "The world was all up in flame" 71 R.L. Burn side: searched for the edges of the blues 81 James Mered ith: a brave game changer 84 William Faulkner: re mained faith ful to his home land 85 Mis sis sippi John Hurt: sub tle blues 91 El more James: hard-hit ting slide gui tar 93 Skip James: re luc tant blues phe nom e non 93 Howlin' Wolf: as sertive, pow er ful blues man 98 Big Joe Williams: apos tle of acoustic blues 100 Free dom Sum mer mur ders 101 Otis Spann, blues brother of Muddy Wa ters 110 Medgar Evers: icon of the civil rights move ment 115 Tommy John son: sold his soul to the devil first 120 Robert John son: shrouded in mys tery 122 Willie Dixon: poet of the blues 125 Richard Wright: writer, com mu nist and anti-racist 130 Natchez Trace Park way: Mis sis sippi’s green trail 133 Buddy Guy: rous ing vi tal ity 134 Su prema cist re sis tance 154 Blues as a protest 159

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