A Delta Afternoon: The Ghosts of Earle

On September 10, 1970, the Rev. Ezra Greer and his wife, Jackie, who was a candidate for mayor of Earle, Arkansas, led a march from an Earle church toward Earle city hall when local white residents…

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The Fading Ruins of Turrell, Arkansas

Turrell, Arkansas, about ten miles north of Marion, is like a number of East Arkansas Delta towns. Once dependent on agricultural, it is fading away rapidly, as its downtown buildings crumble. Ther…

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