U.S. Commission on Civil Rights


Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination Volume VII: The Mississippi Delta Report


February 2001


Contents

Acknowledgements

Letter of Transmittal

Preface

Chapter 1: Equality of Economic Opportunity

Chapter 2: Race and the Public Education System in Mississippi

Chapter 3: Voting Rights and Political Representation in the Mississippi Delta

Chapter 4: Findings and Recommendations

Appendices


Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: Poverty, Inequality, and Discrimination - Volume VII: The Mississippi Delta Report as well as other Commission publications may be obtained from:

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Washington, DC 20425

Telephone: (202) 376-8128