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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A Delta Afternoon: Wynne’s Abandoned Childress High School

I had been told that Wynne, Arkansas once had a number of juke joints in its northwestern section, which was the town’s Black community. But over the years, the town has suffered both fires a…

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