The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927
The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927
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Mississippi River Flood of 1927
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Mississippi River Flood of 1927
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In 1927, during the worst flood in the history of the Mississippi River Valley, Herbert Hoover and the Red Cross set up "concentration camps" where African Americans were forced to work under duress on the levee. This dark chapter in history was further obscured by a media campaign designed to cover up the exploitation and mistreatment of Black workers. This piece of history challenges the narratives often left out of mainstream discussions and reminds us of the complexities surrounding race, po
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In the spring of 1927, incessant rain unleashed a wall of water on the Mississippi Delta and lit a match on racial tensions in the town of Greenville, Miss. Watch "Fatal Flood" Aug. 24 at 10/9c on PBS or stream it anytime: to.pbs.org/3pp1cyZ | American Experience | PBS
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1927 Flood: They Held 13,000 Black Workers at Gunpoint The horrifying truth about the 1927 Mississippi River Flood and racial injustice. While this was America's worst natural disaster—27,000 square miles flooded, 700,000 homeless—white plantation owners in Greenville, Mississippi made it worse through deliberate racism. They evacuated white residents but forced 13,000 African American sharecroppers onto levees at gunpoint, keeping them as "almost slave labor." Workers needed tags to move, were
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The 1927 Flood That Exposed America's Hidden Slavery April 21, 1927: Mound Landing levee exploded—30-foot wall of water flooded 27,000 square miles across 7 states. Between 500-1,000 drowned in Mississippi alone. 900,000 displaced. $400 million damage (⅓ of federal budget). But the Great Flood exposed something worse: 62 years after the 13th Amendment, Mississippi Delta Black people still lived in slavery called "peonage." 325,554 refugees in 154 Red Cross camps (69% Black). Local law enforcemen
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