Blues and the Mississippi Flood of 1927 Part 9 Charley Patton and the Klan comes to Greenville

While much of the mainstream white press has nothing but praise for the relief efforts being led by presidential hopeful Herbert Hoover there is an ugly reality just underneath the surface. Nowhere is that reality uglier than in Greenville Mississippi. Yet before we get into the virtual return of slavery in the city we first look at the history of Greenville and why what happens there is both surprising and inevitable. Ad free version available through Patreon subscription. Available on Spotify and through podcast aps that use RSS feeds. For more information: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: [email protected] Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor Bluesky @distortedhistory.bsky.social If you would like to support the podcast: ko-fi.com/distortedhistory