Mississippi Blues & Civil Rights

Mississippi Blues & Civil Rights

Leo Platvoet

Reiseberichte & Reiseliteratur

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ISBN-13: 9789461231291

Verlag: Odyssee Reisgidsen

Erscheinungsdatum: 22.01.2021

Sprache: Englisch

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Mississippi Blues & Civil Rights
Traveling through Mississippi with this guide, you will experience the past, present and future of the blues in museums, at historical sites, at festivals and in juke joints. The deep scars of slavery, racism, segregation and the Black resistance against it can be seen in many places, and is documented in many moving museums.
The guide also leads you to the white sands of the Gulf Coast, along the mighty Mississippi River, to the cotton fields of the Delta and the hills in Northern Mississippi.
New Orleans, Louisiana and Memphis, Tennessee are also
Featured, all cities associated with both the blues and
the civil rights movement of Mississippi.

This Odyssee Travel Guide offers:
1. Accurate descriptions of known and unknown sights
2. Bright, colorful layout that makes it easy to plan
your route
3. Nine maps, color photos and a detailed index
4. Relevant information about history and society
5. Recommendations for live music, festivals, food and
hotels
6. References to useful websites and apps
Leo Platvoet

Leo Platvoet

Around 1970 Leo Platvoet discovered the blues as a teenager. Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Muddy Waters and Freddie King played in Amsterdam and London and Leo was there. The iconic American Folk Blues Bluesfestival, that also visited The Netherlands, was an annual highlight. For 50 years now he is blues addicted. For writing this book he visited Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee three times to discover the sources and the vitality of the blues and the history of the civil rights movement. He travelled to St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, and many other places to experience the influence of the Mississippi blues in other parts of the US.
Leo Platvoet studied sociology in Amsterdam and was active in Dutch politics for 35 years as a party leader, local councilor, Senator and in Europe as a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Between 1986 and 2002 he wrote sixteen volumes in the Dutch Odyssey Travel Guidebook series about European destinations. In the 2010s he worked five years in Liberia, West-Africa, for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.

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