On this week's episode of the Parley in All Blue Podcast, Mark sits down with Richard Grant to discuss Natchez, Mississippi. Bestselling travel writer Richard Grant “sensitively probes the complex and troubled history of the oldest city on the Mississippi River.” Natchez, Mississippi, once had more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in America, and its wealth was built on slavery and cotton. Today it has the greatest concentration of antebellum mansions in the South, and a culture full of unexpected contradictions. Prominent white families dress up in hoopskirts and Confederate uniforms for ritual celebrations of the Old South, yet Natchez is also progressive enough to elect a gay black man for mayor with 91% of the vote. This episode is not one you want to miss.
On this week's episode of the Parley in All Blue Podcast, Mark sits down with Richard Grant to discuss Natchez, Mississippi. Bestselling travel writer Richard Grant “sensitively probes the complex and troubled history of the oldest city on the Mississippi River.” Natchez, Mississippi, once had more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in America, and its wealth was built on slavery and cotton. Today it has the greatest concentration of antebellum mansions in the South, and a culture full of unexpected contradictions. Prominent white families dress up in hoopskirts and Confederate uniforms for ritual celebrations of the Old South, yet Natchez is also progressive enough to elect a gay black man for mayor with 91% of the vote. This episode is not one you want to miss.
Highlights from the episode:
Resources:
The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi
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