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Fatal flood

In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River went on a rampage from Cairo, Illinois, to New Orleans, inundating hundreds of towns, killing as many as a thousand people and leaving a million homeless. By the time it reached New Orleans, the flood had not only altered t...

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Other Authors: Gazit, Chana,, Steward, David,, Schreiber, Liev,, Barry, John M., 1947-, Steward/Gazit Productions., WGBH Educational Foundation., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), PBS Home Video.
Format: DVD
Language: English
Published: Boston, MA : Alexandria VA : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Distributed by PBS Home Video, [2005]
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects:
Floods -- Mississippi River -- History -- 20th century.
Floods -- Mississippi -- Greenville.
African Americans -- Mississippi -- Greenville -- History -- 20th century.
Forced labor -- Mississippi -- Greenville -- History -- 20th century.
Greenville (Miss.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Greenville (Miss.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Greenville (Miss.) -- History -- 20th century.
Mississippi River -- History -- 20th century.

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