Feb 29, 2012 | Memphis Commercial Appeal
Blues program puts Lewisburg Middle School kids in touch with roots music
Blues musician Kenny Brown of Potts Camp plays and talks to students as part of Black History Month at Lewisburg Middle School in Olive Branch on Tuesday.
Easter led the way for Mississippi's pioneers
After Jackie Robinson broke the color line in 1947, it took only two years for a black Mississippian to reach the major leagues: Jonestown native Luke Easter made it with the Cleveland Indians in 1949.