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An inconspicuous address in the heart of the Mississippi Delta turns out to have enormous significance for American politics and history. This is the story of 626 East Lafayette St. in Ruleville and what it means for us. Join me as we explore Sunflower County, Mississippi, a region rife with contradictions, with villains and saints—home to Mississippi's notorious state penitentiary, site of the until-recently erased site of Emmett Till's final moments, the home of one of America's most prominent voices for white supremacy and segregation, and also the home of one of the nation's most powerful voices for freedom. This is the DETOURIST.[00:00:00] An Inconspicuous Address [00:02:00] Same Street, Different Worlds: Fannie Lou Hamer and James O. Eastland[00:04:00] A Revolution Begins in a Brick Church in Ruleville[00:06:37] A Simple Song Lights a Flame[00:09:29] Misruleville: Sunflower County[00:11:17] A Procession to a Barn[00:15:58] A Tale of Two High Schools[00:17:57] Chinese Groceries, Tamales, Italian Beef Sandwiches: The Delta's Micro-cultures[00:21:49] The Civil Rights Movement Hobbles into Atlantic City[00:24:17] The President is Getting Antsy[00:29:41] A Black Sharecropper Helps Capsize 20th Century American Party Politics[00:33:21] You Are Warmly Invited to a National Crisis of Conscience Get full access to The DETOURIST at adeepersouth.substack.com/subscribe

Today we're starting off our trip, in song, at Amory Railroad Festival's: Depot Music Festival happening September 23rd at Frisco Park, and the music doesn't stop there because at our 2nd stop, we're checking out Eli Lev's Thacker Mountain Radio Hour performance, happening September 28th in Oxford, in addition to his October 4th performance in Hattiesburg, before our final stop at The Great Ruleville Roast, happening September 29th! Plus, we'll check out what's happening around your neck of the woods! Stay tuned, buckle up and hold on tight for your Next Stop MS!To submit an event, email: events@mpbonline.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Day 4 “You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.” - Fannie Lou Hamer The Address: 40 Acres, Ruleville, Mississippi The Story: Raise your hand if you knew that Fannie Lou Hamer started a 600- Acre Farm to feed The People!! Shut the front door!!! What! For real? For real. Fannie was trying to save actual lives up in here. Today, we finna learn y'all. But before we travel back in history to Ruleville, Mississippi, let's start here… What did you eat for breakfast this morning? Where did the food come from? Is it organic or GMO? Was it grown on US soil? Did a Black farmers hands touch it? Let's talk about it. For Fannie. We already know that YOU know that Fannie Lou Hamer sang This Little Light of Mine. You can see in your head the Fannie Lou who put her purse on the table at the DNC as she talked about being beaten for registering Black voters across Mississippi. But Farmer Fannie!? Let's turnip (you see what i did there??)! Ha. I can't wait to tell you about her radical work that never gets discussed. Fannie Lou Hamer understood that the most intractable problem facing people in the American South was poverty. She said “I know what the pain of hunger is all about.” So, with a $10,000 grant, she bought 40 acres of land and created Freedom Farm Cooperative. When it succeeded, she bought an additional 640 acres. Somebody make me a T-shirt that says “Fannie Fed the People!” Today, her farm is no longer there. Let's talk about why… In her honor, we pledge to eat better and do better. (Shoot, someone may quit their job, buy some overalls, and move to Ruleville. Hope so.)

This week on the podcast, an unforgettable story from John Milton Wesley about growing up in Ruleville, Mississippi among famed civil rights activists — and the men who killed Emmett Till, 67 years ago this week. Music credit: "Wade in the Water," Roger McGuinn The Stoop Storytelling Podcast is hosted by Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin, produced by Maureen Harvie, and distributed by Your Public Studios.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fannie Lou Hamer, née Townsend, (born October 6, 1917, Ruleville, Mississippi, U.S.—died March 14, 1977, Mound Bayou, Mississippi),  African American civil rights activist who worked to desegregate the Mississippi Democratic Party.The youngest of 20 children, Fannie Lou was working the fields with her sharecropper parents at the age of six. Amid poverty and racial exploitation, she received only a sixth-grade education. In 1942 she married Perry (“Pap”) Hamer. Her civil rights activism began in August 1962, when she answered a call by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for volunteers to challenge voter registration procedures that excluded African Americans. Fired for her attempt to register to vote (she failed a literacy test), she became a field secretary for the SNCC; she finally became a registered voter in 1963.In 1964 Hamer cofounded and became vice-chairperson of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), established after unsuccessful attempts by African Americansto work with the all-white and pro-segregation Mississippi Democratic Party. That year she testified before the credentials committee of the Democratic National Convention, demanding that the delegation of the Mississippi Democratic Party be replaced by that of the MFDP. After U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson attempted to block the television broadcast of her testimony by scheduling a news conference for the same time, forcing television networks to cut away from their live coverage of the convention, her speech was carried on many evening news programs, where it was exposed to a much larger audience than it would have received had it been broadcast at its original time. In her testimony she movingly described incidents of violence and injustice suffered by civil rights activists, including her own experience of a jailhouse beating that left her crippled. At the insistence of President Johnson, however, the committee refused to seat the MFDP delegation, offering only two at-large seats, provided that neither went to Hamer. She and the MFDP refused.In 1967 Hamer published To Praise Our Bridges: An Autobiography. As a member of the Democratic National Committee for Mississippi (1968–71) and the Policy Council of the National Women's Political Caucus (1971–77), she actively opposed the Vietnam War and worked to improve economic conditions in Mississippi.From https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fannie-Lou-Hamer-American-civil-rights-activist. For more information about Fannie Lou Hamer:“Fannie Lou Hamer”: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/freedomsummer-hamer/“I'm Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired”: https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/2019/08/09/im-sick-and-tired-of-being-sick-and-tired-dec-20-1964/“The Enduring Influence of Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Advocate”: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/books/review/walk-with-me-kate-clifford-larson-until-i-am-free-keisha-blain-fannie-lou-hamer.html

What’s up with income taxes for 2020? We’ll talk about how to get them done, what’s new, and what do you think is fair.Federal and Mississippi Income Taxes due date and file date is now May 17th, 2021.Where can you find someone to help you do your taxes?https://southernpartners.org/vita/ Southern Bank Corp banks: Curbside service is available Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9AM – 4PM. Call your local branch for details on contactless (email) tax preparation. Here’s a list of cities with Southern Bankcorp branches: Clarksdale, Drew, Greenville, Hattiesburg, Madison, Picayune, Ruleville, Shelby Mercy Housing Development in GulfportEntergy, has some locations where they will help you file your taxes: https://eitclocations.com/ - these are in Clarksdale and ShelbyThe United Way also offer VITA. Call the organization that serves your area. If you or a friend has access to a computer: https://www.irs.gov/individuals/find-a-location-for-free-tax-prep Families in the U.S. and territories qualify for the newly expanded CTC. Joint filers making up to $150,000, single head of households making up to $112,500, and other single filers making up to $75,000 qualify for the full advanced periodic payment of the CTC. In a very positive change from the current law, the expansion of the Child Tax Credit in the American Rescue Plan means that you do not have to be employed to receive the benefit; even families who have no income at all will be eligible.If you are unmarried and earn less than $112,500 per year or are married and your household income is less than $150,000 per year, you will receive $3,600 per child under six years old and $3,000 per child age six to 17. Estimates project that families will receive about $300 per child for children under six, and $250 per child between ages six and 17, for each periodic payment.So, for example, if you have one child, aged seven, you will receive $3,000 over the course of a year, or $250 per month.The cash benefit begins to reduce by $50 for every additional $1,000 of income earned. Higher-income families who previously qualified are still eligible for the $2,000 per child benefit for individuals making up to $200,000 and joint filers making up to $400,000. Meaning, they will not receive less than what they previously did under current law.Tax Changes that are proposed for the current congress:The top individual federal income tax rate would rise from 37% to the pre-Trump rate of 39.6%.The corporate rate would rise from 21% to 28%; a 15% alternative minimum tax would apply to corporate book income of $100 million and higher.Individuals earning $400,000 or more would pay additional payroll taxes.The maximum Child and Dependent Tax Credit would rise from $3,000 to $8,000 ($16,000 for more than one dependent).Tax relief would be offered for student debt forgiveness and the first-time homebuyers’ credit would be restored.The estate tax exemption would drop by about 50%.File your taxes for free: https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-freeIncome $72,000 and below:Free federal tax filing on an IRS partner siteState tax filing (free with some offers)Guided preparation – simply answer questionsOnline service does all the mathIncome above $72,000:Free electronic forms you fill out and file yourselfNo state tax filingYou should know how to prepare paper forms Basic calculations with limited guidance The most popular software makers are Turbo Tax, H&R Block, TaxAct and TaxSlayer. They each have a free version, a Deluxe or Classis version, a Premier, and a Self-Employed version. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/taxes/best-tax-software/https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/taxes/best-tax-software See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

UMMC and the FCC come together to champion new efforts in tele-health. And Senator Wicker discusses the American Rescue plan and corporate response to the Georgia voting laws.Then, health officials provide updates on vaccine progress in the state.Plus, violence is down in Mississippi prisons. We hear from the commissioner of MDOC.Segment 1:The tele-health center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center is being recognized by federal officials for meeting the rising demand of remote medicine. The center received $1 million dollars in federal funding last year from the FCC's COVID-19 tele-health program. The funding helped to purchase tablets and other take-home electronics so patients can monitor their health and keep in touch with physicians. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and Mississippi U.S. Senator Roger Wicker toured the facility last week. Chairman Carr says Senator Wicker was an early advocate for tele-health at the start of the pandemic, and recalled a visit to a pilot program in Ruleville.The Senator has also recently spoken out against the corporate response to the new Georgia voting laws, and has championed some of the relief provided through the American Rescue Plan despite voting against earlier this year. He discussed his positions on the two issues with our Kobee Vance.Segment 2:Mississippi's health leaders are calling on health care providers to help vaccinate more Mississippians. During a roundtable with the Mississippi Medical Association last week, State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers and State Heath Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs laid out a plan to get more vaccines to local providers.Segment 3:Violence at Mississippi prisons has gone down significantly, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Both serious and minor infractions at Parchman fell by about 63 percent from 2019 to 2020. MDOC is reporting violence at all state prisons is down by 52 percent in the same time period - statistics that include riots that occurred January 2020. Commissioner Burl Cain, who took over the department in May of 2020, tells our Becca Schimmel the drop is a result of new strategies implemented to reduce incentives for gang activity. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On March 14, Fannie Lou Hamer passed away.The youngest of 20 children, Fannie Lou was working the fields with her sharecropper parents at the age of six. Amid poverty and racial exploitation, she received only a sixth-grade education.Her civil rights activism began in August 1962, when she answered a call by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for volunteers to challenge voter registration procedures that excluded African Americans.BlackFacts.com is the Internet's longest running Black History Encyclopedia. Our podcast summarizes the vast stories of Black history in daily episodes known as Black Facts Of The Day™.Since 1997, BlackFacts.com has been serving up Black History Facts on a daily basis to millions of users and followers on the web and via social media.Learn Black History. Teach Black History.For more Black Facts, join Black Facts Nation at BlackFacts.com/join.Because Black History is 365 Days a Year, and Black Facts Matter!

“Mr. Chairman... my name is Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer, and I live at 626 East Lafayette Street, Ruleville, Mississippi, Sunflower County, the home of Senator James O. Eastland, and Senator Stennis. It was the 31st of August in 1962...”And that’s how it began. The most harrowing account of our hero being beaten in a jail cell by officers. Arrested for trying to vote. Her words so powerful, her eyes so honest and spirit so bright that the president of the United States of America, Lyndon B. Johnson, was terrified that she would so deeply move the nation in her national broadcast at the Democratic National Convention that he interrupted her testimony with a fake press conference. But he couldn’t stop her. Listen, when God is for you, who can be against you. We already knew that Fannie came to play zero games when she brought her white purse to the front of the convention and sat it on the table. Black People: bring your full selves to this movement and you will be unstoppable.No matter how you look, where you are, how you feel, you can do this. Join us today as we listen to the actual testimony together of one of the greatest in the game.Join the second edition of GirlTrek’s Black History Bootcamp at blackhistorybootcamp.com to receive specially curated emails with inspiring words, survival tips, speeches + dedicated songs to listen to for each episode. Together we will discover the stories and explore the pivotal moments from some of the most powerful movements in Black history.Disclaimer: We do not own the rights to the music or speech excerpts played during this broadcast. Original content can be found here:Casey J - If God / Nothing But The Blood:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaS59ddVkaoAudio of Fannie Lou Hamer's Testimony:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML3WaEsCB98

In this episode, Eric Summerer joins Suzanne and Mandi! They review Exchange, The Mind Extreme, Tang Garden, Knapp Daneben, and Roll For The Galaxy. The crew discusses the new Imperial Settlers Roll and Write app. And they wrap with a Game Pie about Games That Make Us Smile.

In the first of 2 parts, Cobie and John sit down with Mr. Larry Alexander to reflect on his 38 years of working in 4-H, and what his plans are in retirement. Transcript: Announcer: This is 4-H-4-U-2, a podcast from the Mississippi State University Extension Service promoting 4-H programs and positive youth development. Here now, your host, Dr. John Long and Cobie Rutherford. John Long: And we are back again. Welcome to another edition, podcast if you will, broadcasting from Bost Extension Center. This is 4-H-4-U-2. I'm your host, John Long. Cobie Rutherford: And I'm Cobie Rutherford. John Long: And we are back at it again, Cobie. Cobie Rutherford: Yes we are, John. It's been a crazy week here on campus. John Long: Yeah. It's summertime. Cobie Rutherford: The students are starting to come back for orientation. There's football camps everywhere. It's an exciting time to be on campus. John Long: I'm excited to be here today. Of course, I'm always excited to do these podcasts. I mean, it's kind of like the highlight of my week so far. It's just like I can't wait for them to be here. So I'm pumped up about this. I'm also pumped up about our guest today. We have Mr. Larry Alexander and he's also known as Mr. 4-H. And we are going to talk to him today about his career. And Larry, tell everybody, how long have you been in 4-H? Larry Alexander: So, I've been in 4-H exactly, this past June 1st, 38 years. John Long: 38 years. Almost as old as I am. Larry Alexander: That's right. Cobie Rutherford: Wow. John Long: No, it's not, though. It's not that long. Larry Alexander: You're dating me, John. John Long: No, no, no. I'm a young man. I'm a young man. So Larry, tell us a little bit about yourself, where you were born and raised and just a little bit of background about you. Larry Alexander: Okay. So I'm really old Delta country boy. Grew up in a little small town of Ruleville, Mississippi. And of course, when I'm away from Ruleville, I have to tell everybody I'm from either Greenwood or Cleveland, because they'd never heard of Ruleville before. But got my start in, kind of on a farm. And then we finally moved to the city limits of Ruleville. But came up on the farm and Ruleville has been my stomping ground for a long time. John Long: Yeah. Yeah. And it's, Ruleville's like you can't get to Cleveland if you don't, from the- Larry Alexander: That's correct. John Long: I mean, I guess you could, but you have to go through it to get to Cleveland sometimes. So that's awesome. And I got tickled once I found out where Larry lived. And where his daddy still lives. Larry Alexander: That's correct. John Long: I drove by his house my whole life and never even knew it and I was like, oh really, that's your house? Anyway, that's neither here nor there. So from the Delta, what's your educational background? Larry Alexander: My undergrad degree is agriculture education with an emphasis in biological science. Then of course my master's degree is in AIS, which most of ... Started a few classes toward the PhD but didn't quite get there so. But that is my educational background. John Long: That's awesome. And you went to school? Larry Alexander: Alcorn State University for my undergrad and then my graduate work was here at Mississippi State University. John Long: And that's a pretty good little ways from my home, I would say at that time, right? I mean- Larry Alexander: Roughly about three, three and a half hours and never being away from home before going that far, it seemed like forever to get there. Yeah. John Long: It's a little homesickness at first, probably? Larry Alexander: Yeah, first few weeks. You know, as a matter of fact, a little bit of funny, I had a friend of mine that we majored in the same thing, went to school together and when we went for freshman orientation, we didn't go. I have a sister that lives in Vidalia, Louisiana, which is just across the bridge or Natchez. So on about, we went down on Monday and freshman orientation was Monday through Wednesday. And so by Wednesday my sister finally asked me, she said, have y'all got your classes and all of that? And we looked at each other and we didn't have a clue. So we had to beat it back to Alcorn to get registered because we didn't know any difference. John Long: Otherwise you'd just been walking around campus having a good time. Larry Alexander: That's right, just having a good time. John Long: That's right, that's right. Living that college life. Cobie Rutherford: So what are some of the things at Alcorn Mr. Larry, Or experiences you had growing up that kind of led you to a career in agriculture and in service, really? Larry Alexander: Well, Cobie, it's funny you ask that question because when I first went to Alcorn, I did have an idea that I wanted to do something in agriculture, I just didn't know what that was at the time. So it took me a semester, or a year, to kind of decide that I wanted to do something in the Ag Education arena. But my first thought was possibly being a Vocational Agriculture teacher. Cobie Rutherford: Oh, yeah. Larry Alexander: Because actually the gentleman that directed me to Alcorn was Bobby Boone, was our Vocational Ag educator, and he kind of talked us into going to Alcorn sort of. But I had a sister and a brother that both went there, but then he helped me kind of decide which direction I wanted to go. But I had not heard of the Extension program within the first year being there. So that came a little later, yeah. Cobie Rutherford: Right, right, right. John Long: So you mentioned him or some other people that kind of influenced your educational direction, didn't it? Larry Alexander: Well, my oldest sister, been in education forever, seems like, but over 40 years. She coached me a lot along the way. But my old dad had always thought that I would be doing something in the Ag field, just didn't know what it was. And with him not having a college degree, he didn't know all the ins and outs and details of what you could major in and all. But he kind of kept me focused on Ag because he said it seemed like I got a joy out of doing something in the Ag field, so. John Long: Right. Larry Alexander: But Mr. Bobby Boone really enlightened us on the ins and outs of Ag, so. John Long: That's cool. And then actually working on the farm- Larry Alexander: That's correct. John Long: I mean, you had that background, so. Larry Alexander: That's really all we knew at the time, yeah. John Long: Right, right. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah, it's kind of cool looking back and thinking about the experiences that you provide to so many 4-H'ers about teaching them about careers and different STEM and agricultural areas in the career field. And you know, there's a lot of things that kids don't know about till they actually come to the university. John Long: That's right. I didn't know what I wanted to do either. Larry Alexander: Well, I think a lot of people are like that. And I think I took that with me as I started my career, especially in 4-H because I got to work with a lot of children in Marshall County, which is where I got my start in Extension. They would go to school every day, but they really never thought about what it was they wanted to do. And when we started talking about all of the opportunities that agriculture had to offer and the Extension Service had to offer, you kind of channel young people in at an early stage in their education to figure it out early so you don't wait till you're a sophomore in college to decide what you want to do. John Long: That's right. And it kind of forces you to make it a lifetime career decision that's in a rush. Larry Alexander: That's correct. John Long: But yeah, that's great. I was always envious of people that knew what they wanted to do right off the bat. You know, but sometimes that's really, I guess, not the best. But I would have liked to have known maybe a little bit sooner. So you mentioned that, I guess your first introduction to 4-H was in Marshall County. Larry Alexander: That is correct. John Long: When was that? Larry Alexander: Actually, in 1981. John Long: Okay. Larry Alexander: It was when I went to my first job there in Marshall County. And another little story about that, I went on June 1st, which was a Monday. And that was the start, so Ronnie Jones was the County Ag Agent there. He was supposed to take me over to meet the board and the board would approve the position and we would go forward. Well, the board didn't approve that position. So Ronnie didn't know what to do and he said, well Lar, I'll tell you what, you just go on back home and I'll get this all straightened out and we'll call you back. Well, I went home, but I was trying to get, I'm into cars a little bit and so my daddy worked with a big dealership in Illinois, so I called him and said, hey, I'm on my way. And he said, no, you just go back home. They got something mixed up. But I almost missed my calling- John Long: Wow. Larry Alexander: ... in the extension arena because if he had said, come on, I probably wouldn't have got a second chance- John Long: Really? Larry Alexander: ... to go for that job. But the job had already been approved, the board just, they paid me $25 a month. John Long: Wow. Oh my gosh. Larry Alexander: That was the percentage that they paid of my salary a month. John Long: Oh, wow. Larry Alexander: But they couldn't come to an agreement on whether they needed the position because they had not had a 4-H Youth Agent for about seven or eight years before. John Long: Wow, that big of a gap. Larry Alexander: It was. John Long: Man. Cobie Rutherford: Wow. John Long: That is insane. So how long was it before he called you back? Larry Alexander: Well, Mr. Leonard Turner, I'll never forget him, he was a District Agent for that region and he called me, actually Tuesday morning, and he asked me where was I at? And he said, you supposed to be in Holly Springs. He said, I don't care what the board said, you go to work. John Long: Right. Larry Alexander: But he then realized, I had kind of went on a wild goose chase. He said, I tell you what, you just go back Monday. And he said, you start the work then and if the board says they're not going to pay, I'll pay you the $25 a month. So he kind of made a- John Long: It was going to come from somewhere. Larry Alexander: Yeah, it was going to come from somewhere. That's what he was saying, yeah. Cobie Rutherford: Wow. That's pretty cool. So from the office in Marshall County, then kind of what path did you take to get here to the state 4-H office? Larry Alexander: Well, it's kind of funny how my career track's landed. When I went to Marshall County, really didn't know anybody in that area. But then after I started doing some 4-H programming, the trend back then was you get into the Extension program at an entry level through 4-H. Then everybody would say, oh, you want to become a Home Economist or become an Ag Agent. Well, I had an opportunity probably five years into my 4-H Youth Agent position to take on a County Ag position in Benton County, which was the next county over. But something about the 4-H youth development work just gave me a lot of joy in helping young people. And I decided back then, that's where I wanted to make my career was in youth development. John Long: Wow. Larry Alexander: And so I turned that position down and stayed in Marshall County for another, for about 11 years. And a gentleman here at the state 4-H office by the name of Mr. Holly Ford was retiring and they were going to fill the position and he called me and just said, hey, would you be interested in applying for a position at the state office? And I instantly told him, no, because my wife was from Holly Springs, big family, and I knew it was going to be real hard to move her from Holly Springs to Starkville, Mississippi. But after the interview, seminar and all of that, I really just blew it off because I figured I wouldn't have a chance. Then I got that phone call. John Long: Wow. So did you have children at that time, when y'all made that move? Larry Alexander: We did. John Long: Okay. Larry Alexander: Actually, I had two children. My son was, right then, he was in the third grade and Leanne was like two or three years old. John Long: So she really didn't have a- Larry Alexander: No, not much in Holly Springs. John Long: How do Trey take it when you said, we're going to Starkville. Larry Alexander: Trey had some friends that lived right there in our little community. It was kind of, he was okay with it, but he realized he wouldn't be seeing his closest friends every day. But my biggest chore was getting my wife to say, yes. John Long: I bet. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah. Larry Alexander: It put a little strain on the marriage there. But you know, her mother really talked to her and told her that, you know, being the baby girl of that family, of nine, the only way for her to really grow was to get away from her brothers and sisters for a little while. John Long: Right. Larry Alexander: And that kind of resonated with her, but it took about two years or so to really make her realize that it was a good move for her, personally. John Long: Right, right, right, right. That's always tough leaving family. Larry Alexander: It is, it is. John Long: For sure. Especially one that's a large one. Cobie Rutherford: That's for sure. Larry Alexander: Kind of uprooting and going to somewhere new. That's always tough. Cobie Rutherford: That is so true. Larry Alexander: For sure. John Long: Would you, I had to ask this because I forgot to earlier, but do you remember your very first day at Marshall County? Like official, like I went to the office and actually made some phone calls? Larry Alexander: John, I really can say that I do because the secretary that was there, Ms. Nilah Moore, I won't ever forget her. When I came in that that day, actually to work, not the first day I went and had to come back. John Long: Right. Larry Alexander: But the first day I went into work, she brought two messages to me and said here, this is for you, deal with it. And it was just- John Long: It was a disgruntled parent. Larry Alexander: That's right. But no, it was a teacher who had called, somehow they got the word or it was put in newspaper that a person was starting in the 4-H position in the county. John Long: Oh. Larry Alexander: And it was actually a lady who had been a volunteer in Marshall County and she wanted to start a club in the school there. John Long: Wow. Larry Alexander: So it was a good experience then, for that first call and to actually talk to somebody and then how to advise them because I didn't know much. John Long: Right. Larry Alexander: We hadn't even had orientation. But after about, I guess it was about four to six months on the job, we had orientation one. John Long: Which was here? Larry Alexander: Which was here on campus. Came back for a week, week long. John Long: Wow. Larry Alexander: And they gave you a lot of the, one-two-three's and A-B-C's of 4-H, which was really, really good training. And then you went back to your county and worked a few months and they brought you back for an orientation two. John Long: Oh. Larry Alexander: And it was about three and a half days. John Long: So what was the part two? I can imagine part one was really ground level 4-H. Larry Alexander: So the first part was really dealing with the paperwork that you had to do with the Extension Service. John Long: Okay. Larry Alexander: Like our monthly report. John Long: Right. Larry Alexander: So when they're due. What the pecking order was as far as a protocol. But then the orientation two really got more into the subject matter of youth development in 4-H. John Long: Oh, okay. Larry Alexander: So about the clubs and different types of delivery modes and all of that. But they really had a great way of introducing new people to Extension positions back then. I think that's, as an old head now, I think that's one of the things that we could learn something from, because right now we're hiring people and we're just putting them in there to do a job and we really haven't given them all the tools that they really need. John Long: Right. Larry Alexander: So if I could encourage our administration now to to look at that, that would be one thing I would encourage that would be beneficial to a lot of people. John Long: Right. Larry Alexander: Especially in 4-H. John Long: Do you remember how big your class was? Larry Alexander: Yeah, as a matter of fact, I can just about mention the ones that were in there, but we had about 10 to 11 people. John Long: Okay, okay. Larry Alexander: It was not huge and they gave us a lot of personal instructions because we were not that large. But out of the group that started with me, probably three or four did not stay in Extension. John Long: Oh really? Larry Alexander: Yeah. They left to go do something else. John Long: They didn't say long at all? Or they just didn't- Larry Alexander: No, they didn't make it to orientation two. John Long: Really, wow. Larry Alexander: Some of it, as a matter of fact, [Sierra Brantley 00:16:27] is one young lady that I remember, she went into education, to start teaching school. So some people discovered early on that 4-H wasn't really for them. John Long: For them. Yeah. Larry Alexander: It required a lot of time and effort. Cobie Rutherford: Well, I think today, looking at how busy our agents are and looking at how many different clubs and stuff to balance, it would be pretty daunting for a young person to take on that responsibility. John Long: Right. Cobie Rutherford: You'd have to almost share that passion for youth development that Mr. Larry mentioned earlier- John Long: Right, absolutely. Cobie Rutherford: ... to do a good job at it. John Long: Of course it's easier now, you mentioned getting your master's degree. You actually had to travel to Starkville, didn't you? For- Larry Alexander: That is exactly right. John Long: Or Mississippi State, I'm sorry. Larry Alexander: That's right. You could take, I think they allowed professional staff then, six hours. Three could be during the day, three hour class. And then three after five. And so they had the Ag Information Science Department kind of set up where they made it really easy, but we were two and a half hours that we had to drive, mostly on Monday nights. John Long: Wow. Larry Alexander: From six to nine. John Long: Then turn around and go back. Larry Alexander: That's right. That's exactly right. John Long: Then get up and go to work. Larry Alexander: That's exactly right. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah. Larry Alexander: And back in those days, a lot of the people that were managing the offices, they expected, they didn't care whether you worked on the weekend or you had something else, they wanted you to be there that morning. John Long: Right. Larry Alexander: If you left later, they understood that. John Long: Right, right. Larry Alexander: But a little different values and all back then. John Long: Boy, that makes you appreciate technology a little bit more. Larry Alexander: It does. It really does. John Long: For sure. That's right. Yep. Cobie Rutherford: It would've probably been nice though, to not have been constantly dialed into your email and constantly checking email emails and texts and all that stuff. John Long: I don't know what we would do if we didn't have email. Just think, I guess you sit there and open mail or twiddle your thumbs until something, till the phone rang, I guess. I don't know. Larry Alexander: You know John, it's funny you mention opening mail because everything we got, back to my county days, it came in hard copy stuff. John Long: Right. Larry Alexander: And you would spend, literally, when you had something going on like you had county contests or whatever, you'd have tons of mail coming in that you had to take time to just open and look at every piece. John Long: Make sure it was all there. Larry Alexander: That's correct. John Long: Wow. Cobie Rutherford: Read it from top to bottom and- John Long: My how times have changed. Cobie Rutherford: Probably less things were missed back then. John Long: That's true. Cobie Rutherford: Because there was probably a system that you had to sign off on to open the letters and who opened them and all that stuff. Larry Alexander: You're right on target. Cobie Rutherford: Wow, goodness. Larry Alexander: Technology has, as you all know, it has its ups and downs. It's very easy for someone to say, well I didn't get that email or I missed it. But usually when that hard copy comes in, either a secretary or somebody was going to open that piece of mail and let you know what was going on. John Long: Make you a little more conscientious of- Larry Alexander: It does. John Long: ... what you're sending out, I guess. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah, that's true. John Long: That's awesome. Well, go ahead, Cobie, I'm sorry. Cobie Rutherford: Oh, I was just thinking about, somebody told me one time about writing a letter that it was always a good practice to write the letter before you go to bed and leave it on your counter to decide whether or not you wanted to mail it out the next morning. A lot of times I think people are fast behind their emails and just type something hastily and click send. I shouldn't have said that. Larry Alexander: I've had a few instances like that. John Long: Texts too. You better watch your texts. And predictive text is even worse. Cobie Rutherford: Oh, I know. John Long: You better make sure you're checking that. Larry Alexander: That's right. John Long: So I think that right now we're just going to stop right here and we're going to make this a two part series, I think. We've spent basically this first half talking about Mr. Larry's first part of his career. We're going to talk about the second stage of his career in part two. So y'all join us on 4-H-4-U-2. And if you want more information on the 4-H in your area, go to extension.msstate.edu and click on the 4-H tab at the top of the page. And with that, I'm John Long. Cobie Rutherford: And I'm Cobie Rutherford. John Long: And we'll see you next time. Announcer: Thanks for joining us for 4-H-4-U-2. For more information, please visit extension.msstate.edu and be sure to subscribe to our podcast. 4-H-4-U-2 is produced by the Mississippi State University Extension Service, Office of Agricultural Communications.  

ESPECIAL JIMMY ROGERS James A. Lane más conocido como Jimmy Rogers nación un 3 de junio de 1924 en el pueblo de Ruleville, Mississippi, su madre se llamaba Grazie Jackson y su padre Roscoe Lane. A la muerte de este, el joven Jimmy quedo bajo la tutela de la abuela materna Leanna Jackson. Durante su infancia y adolescencia vivió en sitios como Atlanta, West Memphis, Memphis, St. Louis e incluso Chicago. En Vance, Mississippi con tan sólo nueve años conoce al armonicista Snooky Pryor, este tiene trece años y le enseña lo que sabe sobre la armónica. El posterior interés de Jimmy por la guitarra nace tras presenciar a Robert Jr. Lockwood y Joe Willie Johnson, los guitarristas de Rice Miller.

ESPECIAL JIMMY ROGERS James A. Lane más conocido como Jimmy Rogers nación un 3 de junio de 1924 en el pueblo de Ruleville, Mississippi, su madre se llamaba Grazie Jackson y su padre Roscoe Lane. A la muerte de este, el joven Jimmy quedo bajo la tutela de la abuela materna Leanna Jackson. Durante su infancia y adolescencia vivió en sitios como Atlanta, West Memphis, Memphis, St. Louis e incluso Chicago. En Vance, Mississippi con tan sólo nueve años conoce al armonicista Snooky Pryor, este tiene trece años y le enseña lo que sabe sobre la armónica. El posterior interés de Jimmy por la guitarra nace tras presenciar a Robert Jr. Lockwood y Joe Willie Johnson, los guitarristas de Rice Miller.

This week, the crew welcomes Brittany Carter to the show as we discuss her visit to the City of Jackson and a recap the recent trip we took to the Mississippi Delta as we remember the life of Emmett Till The crew immersed themselves in the culture and history of the Delta traveling to Sumner, Ruleville, Greenwood, Lexington, Winona, and more exploring themes of the music, Civil Rights, and poverty

​Fannie Lou Hamer was born on October 6th, 1917 in Montgomery County, Mississippi. The daughter of sharecroppers; her attention went to helping her family earn money to survive at the age of six. At the age of twelve she dropped out of school to work full-time with her family. In 1944 Miss. Hamer would marry Mr. Perry “Pap” Hamer, and the couple worked as sharecroppers on a cotton plantation in Ruleville, Mississippi. They never had children because Miss. Hamer was having surgery to r [...]

Growing up in Ruleville, Lisa Burnett learned the basics of southern cooking from her family. In this episode, she remembers helping her grandmother make biscuits and how “Papaw” smoked meat in an old refrigerator. Burnett moved from Ruleville to New York after college, but she still loves southern cooking. She marvels at how many New Yorkers don’t cook and how much her co-workers love her pimento cheese sandwiches and pulled pork sliders. Now that she is an adult, Burnett helps plan and prepare the family holiday meals. She explains how three generations work together to make their Christmas Eve dinner a special event. But it’s about more than home cooking and time spent with family and friends. She also makes time to visit as many restaurants as possible, during her trips to Mississippi. Because while New York has plenty of great places to dine out, there’s no place like the South for unique eateries.  

Today we’ll start our road trip in Jackson and speak with Royce Boyer for the MS Composer’s Concert. Next we’ll head to Ridgeland and talk with Mike Marsh with the Renaissance Euro Fest. Then we’ll stroll by Ruleville for the Fannie Lou Hamer Centennial Celebration, Cruising on the Coast and the Chickasaw Co. Historical Arts & Craft Festival, and end our trip back in Jackson to speak with George "Chuck" Patterson for the MS Greek Weekend. So hold on tight because we’re going for a ride on Next Stop Mississippi!! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fannie Lou Hamer was one of the heroes of the civil rights movement in the 1960’s. Hamer was a voting rights organizer from Ruleville, deep in the heart of the Mississippi delta, when she stepped into the national spotlight at the 1964 Democratic Convention. Hamer and her integrated delegation from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party charged that the all white, anti-civil rights delegation from Mississippi didn’t represent all democrats in the state. In the end, Hamer rejected an unsatisfying compromise Democrats had crafted to keep southerners from supporting Republican Barry Goldwater. She ran for congress twice after that, but lost. She continued to work on civil rights, children’s education and access to fresh foods for the poor. She died in 1977 and is buried in Ruleville beside her husband at the Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden. Andrew Young attended her funeral. So many people came to pay respects that an overflow service took place at the local high school. A statue to Hamer was dedicated at the park in 2012. On the bus, UW student Chris Springs helped set the scene before our visit to the garden. Bob Zellner, who worked with Hamer, told stories. Student Mentor Komal Sahota sang a song in her honor. Then we lined up beneath Fannie Lou Hamer’s statue and musician Mark Pearson led us in Hamer’s favorite song, “This Little Light of Mine,”

In 1962, Fannie Lou Hamer was a sharecropper’s wife, living on a plantation in Ruleville, Mississippi. In this episode, she recalls the first time she tried to register to vote. After leaving Indianola, the bus carrying Hamer’s group was pulled over by state and local law enforcement. She describes how they were forced to return to Indianola to face an assortment of trumped up charges. Later that same day when Hamer returned home, the owner of the plantation confronted her about attempting to register.  She describes how she was forced to leave her home of 18 years that very night for refusing to withdraw her registration. The plantation owner's harsh treatment of Hamer led her to become an inspirational figure in the Civil Rights movement.  

    For many Mississippians, family recipes are cherished keepsakes. Lisa Burnett of Ruleville remembers cooking with her family and a favorite cookbook. Burnett recalls both her grandparents, George and Tina Burnett, were excellent cooks.  She describes a typical Friday night growing up in Ruleville and her Papaw’s unusual smoker.     In 2009, Burnett published her own cookbook of family recipes called Cooking on the Quiver River.  She explains how the project came about.