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Clarksdale, Mississippi

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The movement of large numbers of people both to and from Clarksdale is prominent in the city's history. Prior to 1920, Delta plantations were in constant need of laborers, and many black families moved to the area to work as sharecroppers. After World War I, plantation owners even encouraged blacks
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following the Civil War, Mississippi's blacks and poor whites both benefited from the State's new constitution of 1868, which adopted universal suffrage; repealed property qualifications for suffrage or for office; provided for the state's first public school system; forbade race distinctions in the
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or tenant farmers. They gained some independence, no longer working in gangs of laborers, but were often at a disadvantage in negotiations with white planters, as they were generally illiterate. Planters advanced them supplies and seed at the beginning of the season, allowed them to buy other goods
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Following the removal of the Indians, European-American settlers migrated to the Delta region, where the fertile lowlands soil proved to be excellent for growing cotton after the land was cleared. They brought or purchased thousands of enslaved African Americans to work the several extensive cotton
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in Mississippi. The starting point for a civil rights movement in Clarksdale was the rape at gunpoint of two African-American women, Leola Tates and Erline Mills, in August 1951. The two white teenagers they said assaulted them, who admitted the event but said it was consensual, were arrested, but
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In the early 20th century, Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe began to settle in Mississippi, often working as merchants. From the 1930s to the 1970s, Clarksdale had one of the largest Jewish populations in Mississippi. In the 1930s, they founded Beth Israel Synagogue. However, most left as the
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Like the establishment of sharecropping, the restoration to power of the all-white Democratic Party in the South was a development of such magnitude to whites that it became encrusted in legend; many towns have their own mythic stories of the redemption of the white South. In Clarksdale, it is the
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In the city, the population was spread out, with 32.9% under the age of 18, 14.6% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over,
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living together, 30.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.9% were non-families. 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.38.
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of 2000, there were 20,645 people, 7,233 households, and 5,070 families living in the city. The population density was 1,491.8 inhabitants per square mile (576.0/km). There were 7,757 housing units at an average density of 560.5 per square mile (216.4/km). The racial makeup of the city was 68.52%
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passenger depot to save it from planned demolition. With the help of local businessman Jon Levingston, as well as the Delta Council, Henderson received a US$ 1.279 million grant from the federal government to restore the passenger depot. These redevelopment funds were then transferred on the
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During the 1940s, three events occurred which increased the exodus of African-Americans from Clarksdale. First, it became possible to commercially produce a cotton crop entirely by machine, which lessened the need for a large, low-paid workforce. (Coincidentally, it was on 28 acres of the nearby
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named Bill Peace, who had served in the Union Army and returned to Clarksdale after the war, persuaded his former owner to allow him to form a security force to prevent theft from the plantation. On October 9, 1875, whites in Clarksdale began hearing rumors that "General Peace" was preparing his
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The community college main campus and early college (formerly agricultural) high school are not in the city limits while one college building away from the main campus is in the city limits; Clarksdale is in the community college's service area (the city was in the service area of the
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The Clarksdale Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Coahoma County. It is located in the Mississippi Delta region of Mississippi. In 2023, the Clarksdale, Mississippi Micropolitan area was added to form the new Memphis-Clarksdale-Forrest City Combined Statistical Area. The
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In 1995, the museum, at that time Clarksdale's only attraction, grew to include a large section of the newly renovated library building, but remained under the tight control of the Carnegie Library Board, who subsequently fired Sid Graves, at the time seriously ill. Graves died in
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troops to plunder the town; rumors spread that he was planning to murder the whites. A white militia was formed, and they suppressed Peace's "revolt". Across Mississippi, white militias frequently formed in response to similar fears of armed black revolt.
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Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School opened in the fall of 2018 serving kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade students. It plans to serve grades K–8. According to its web site, 3rd grade is being added in 2019, and it will begin serving 7th graders in
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Second, many African-American GIs (soldiers) returned from World War II to find slim opportunities for employment in the Delta region. Finally, there appeared an accelerated climate of racial hatred, as evidenced by the violence against such figures as
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African-American slaves cultivated and processed cotton, worked as artisans, and cultivated and processed produce and livestock on the plantations. They built the wealth of "King Cotton" in the state. U.S. Census data shows
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Cedar Mound Plantation, located 5 miles south of Clarksdale, was purchased and named in 1834 by Alex Kerr Boyce. He died childless and it was inherited by his niece Mrs. Catherine (Kate) (née Henderson) Adams of
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to move from the other parts of Mississippi to the Delta region for work. By this time, Clarksdale had also become home to a multi-cultural mixture of Lebanese, Italian, Chinese and Jewish immigrant merchants.
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Testing of the IH machines and machines produced by the Rust Cotton Picker Company in Memphis took place at the Delta Branch throughout the 1930s, and IH sent engineers and prototype pickers to the Hopson
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advice of Clarksdale's City attorney, Hunter Twiford, to Coahoma County, in order to establish a tourism locale termed "Blues Alley", after a phrase coined by then Mayor, Henry Espy. The popularity of the
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African Americans composed most of the farm labor in the county into the 1940s, when increasing mechanization reduced the need for field workers. Thousands of blacks left Mississippi in the
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The median income for a household in the city was US$ 20,188, and the median income for a family was US$ 22,592. Males had a median income of US$ 23,881 versus US$ 18,918 for females. The
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operated a large depot in Clarksdale and provided a Chicago-bound route for those seeking greater economic opportunities in the north; it soon became the primary departure point for many.
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through contact with Howard Stovall Jr., the Delta Blues Museum became the subject of national attention as a pet project of the band, and the Museum began to enjoy national recognition.
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north became the largest movement of Americans in U.S. history, and was recounted with Clarksdale triangulated with Chicago and Washington D.C. in Nicholas Lemann's award-winning book
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writes "segregation strengthened the grip of the sharecropper system by ensuring that most blacks would have no arena of opportunity in life except for the cotton fields" (p. 6).
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Another Blues Trail marker is located at the Riverside Hotel, which provided lodging to blues entertainers passing through the delta. In 2009, a marker devoted to Clarksdale native
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Radishofski, Kathryn (2017). "Last (Un)Fair Deal Going Down: Blues Tourism and Racial Politics in Clarksdale, Mississippi". In Coffey, Michele Grigsby; Skipper, Jodi (eds.).
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perfected the single-row mechanical cotton picking machine in 1946; soil was prepared, seeded, picked and bailed entirely by machines, while weeds were eradicated by flame.)
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worked to suppress black voting from 1868 on. By 1875 conservative white Democrats regained control of the state legislature in Mississippi. They later passed
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founded the town of Clarksdale in 1848, when he bought land in the area and started a timber business. It became a trading center. Clark married the sister of
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European Americans developed Clarksdale at the intersection of two former Indian routes: the Lower Creek Trade Path, which extended westward from present-day
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plantations developed in the county. The first ones were always developed with riverfront access, as the waterways were the chief forms of transportation.
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Former Yazoo & Mississippi Valley/Illinois Central Passenger Depot in Clarksdale, early 1900s. The building is now used for the Delta Blues Museum.
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markers are located in Clarksdale. One is located on Stovall Road at a cabin believed to have been lived in by McKinley Morganfield, also known as
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through the town, Clarksdale was incorporated in 1882. In 1886, the town's streets were laid out; it was not until 1913 that any were paved.
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Memphis-Clarksdale-Forrest City Combined Statistical Area has around 1.4 million people. The western boundary of the county is formed by the
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In late 1979, Carnegie Public Library Director Sid Graves began a nascent display series which later became the nucleus of the
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There were 7,233 households, out of which 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.7% were
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Explorer's Guide Memphis & the Delta Blues Trail: A Great Destination (Explorer's Great Destinations)
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Downtown Revitalisation and Delta Blues in Clarksdale, Mississippi: Lessons for Small Cities and Towns
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on credit, and settled with them at the end of harvest for a major portion of the crop. Historian
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By 1920, the price of cotton had fallen, and many blacks living in the Delta began to leave. The
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Crossroads at Clarksdale: The Black Freedom Struggle in the Mississippi Delta After World War II
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Crossroads at Clarksdale: The Black Freedom Struggle in the Mississippi Delta after World War II
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for the city was US$ 11,611. About 32.7% of families and 39.2% of the population were below the
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region and is an agricultural and trading center. Many African-American musicians developed the
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are plaques located in downtown which honor notable people from Clarksdale. Honorees include
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National headlines in February 2013 covered the discovery of the body of mayoral candidate
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as a tribute to the significance that Clarksdale made in the history of the Delta Blues.
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possession and inheritance of property; and prohibited limiting civil rights in travel.
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Climate data for Clarksdale, Mississippi (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1892–present)
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is within the Clarksdale city limits, but does not serve the City of Clarksdale
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college, is located in unincorporated Coahoma County, north of Clarksdale.
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The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America
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The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America
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The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How it Changed America
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freight depot, providing a permanent home for the Delta Blues Museum.
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places interpretative markers for historic sites such as Clarksdale's
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and friend of Delta Blues Museum founder Sid Graves, purchased the
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Clarksdale has been historically significant in the history of the
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Navigating Souths: Transdisciplinary Explorations of a U.S. Region
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is in the city limits of Clarksdale, but does not serve the city.
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later produced a documentary based on the book, narrated by actor
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Black Genius: Inspirational Portraits of African-American Leaders
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city declined in population, with rural areas losing residents.
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accreditation for both black and white schools, beginning the
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After the Reconstruction era and construction in 1879 of the
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After slavery was abolished, many black families labored as
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A crossroads tribute in Clarksdale, where blues guitarist
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here, and took this original American music with them to
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Festivals have provided an economic boost to the city.
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visited Clarksdale for the first major meeting of the
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building in Clarksdale. The site is also list on the
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Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School (2018).
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Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School (2018).
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 3127:Lemann, Nicholas (August 24, 2011). 2314:adding citations to reliable sources 2152:Clarksdale Municipal School District 2077:National Register of Historic Places 1979:adding citations to reliable sources 1755:, and 0.60% from two or more races. 485:is a city in and the county seat of 195:The Golden Buckle on the Cotton Belt 60:adding citations to reliable sources 4475:Mississippi Delta Community College 4072:Journal for the Study of Radicalism 3161:Journal of African American History 3019:University of Mississippi Libraries 2758:– first Republican to serve in the 851:died following an auto accident on 358:0.00 sq mi (0.00 km) 207:Location of Clarksdale, Mississippi 4524:Municipalities and communities of 4101:Aaron Henry: The Fire Ever Burning 4045:University of North Carolina Press 3375:"Census of Population and Housing" 2713:– football player; graduated from 1488: 134:City in Mississippi, United States 27:City in Mississippi, United States 25: 6421:Micropolitan areas of Mississippi 3445:Robbert Palmer (April 23, 1988). 2673:Bishop; former Clarksdale pastor. 2213:St. Elizabeth's Elementary School 2170:Coahoma Early College High School 589:Post-Civil War and Reconstruction 5862: 4279: 4262: 4254: 4239: 2826: 2358:– educator, Peace Corps official 2286: 1951: 224: 217: 201: 178: 168: 156: 36: 4109:University Press of Mississippi 4012:University Press of Mississippi 3474:. 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