After the great Mississippi River flood of 1927 occurred, the U.S. government leveed the whole river. This levee work cut off the natural tributaries of Bayous Lafourche and Baritaria, near New ...

which was blossoming in Mississippi at the time of the disaster. Blues artists from Bessie Smith to Barbecue Bob recorded over 30 songs related to the Great Flood of 1927. Though many blues ...

The Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood ... the mass exodus of displaced sharecroppers Musically the Great Migration of rural southern blacks to Northern cities ...

Prior to 1882, Mississippi Delta planters had to rely ... One year later, the Great Flood of 1927 would prove just how wrong they were.