Sinopsis
These are the stories of our people in their own words. From sharecroppers to governors, the veterans, artists, writers, musicians, leaders, followers, all those who call Mississippi home. Since 1971 we've collected their memories. The technology has changed, but our mission remains the same: to preserve those wonderful stories. Listen to Mississippi Moments Monday through Friday. at 12:30pm on MPB think radio.
Episodios
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MS Moments 308 Wesley Stork - In-Shore Fishing
20/04/2012 Duración: 04minJackson County resident Wesley Stork learned to fish from his father during the 1930s. He recalls the back-breaking work and how his father caught and sold terrapins to make ends meet. In 1948 Stork began working for Clark Seafood. He recounts his 39 years with the company and how changing laws affected the industry.
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MS Moments 307 Raymond Brown - Caribbean Food
16/04/2012 Duración: 04minGrowing up in Jamaica, Raymond Brown learned to cook traditional island foods from his mother. He recalls his decision to open a Caribbean-style restaurant in Biloxi. Offering a wide variety of Caribbean foods in his restaurant, Brown explains how he combines traditional island recipes with Southern style. He uses fresh ingredients and traditional cooking techniques to assure his customers guilt-free dining.
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MS Moments 306 Father Peter Quinn - Deacons of Defense
30/03/2012 Duración: 04minFather Peter Quinn was the priest of Hattiesburg’s only black Catholic Church, Holy Rosary, during the Civil Rights movement. Taking a leadership position in the movement made him a frequent target. He was protected by a group called the Deacons of Defense. Quinn recalls being shot at as he left Vernon Dahmer’s house one evening. He also recounts when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took a nap at his home ten days before his assassination.
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MS Moments 305 Father Peter Quinn - Hattiesburg Activist
30/03/2012 Duración: 04minIn 1966, Father Peter Quinn was a young priest at Hattiesburg’s Sacred Heart Church. When he was asked to become the priest for the community's black parish, he soon found himself involved in the Civil Rights movement. Quinn explains how as spiritual leader, he was called on to calm the community’s young people after Dr. King’s assassination.
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MS Moments 304 Clyde Brown - Spillways and Oysters
30/03/2012Having the right mixture of fresh water and salt water is crucial for growing oysters. Clyde Brown recalls how community leaders in Jackson County increased oyster production. It is not flooding but pollution that has affected the oyster reefs in Jackson County. For that reason Brown fears that they will not receive assistance like other coastal counties. He also explains the differences in harvesting techniques.
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MS Moments 303 Reecy Dickson - Superintendent of Education
30/03/2012 Duración: 04minReecy Dickson decided to run for Superintendent of Education of Noxubee County in 1975. She recalls her decision to run for a position that had only been held by white males. Dickson was eight months pregnant when she was campaigning for the office of Superintendent. But, that didn’t stop her from going door to door or registering new voters
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MS Moments 302 Jennifer Buchanan - Coastal Wetlands
20/03/2012 Duración: 04minOur coastal wetlands are an important natural resource for a variety of reasons. Jennifer Buchanan of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources discusses how they affect the seafood industry. Buchanan explains why the waters of the Mississippi Sound are brown, and why that’s a good thing.
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MS Moments 301 Lisa Burnett - Family Cookbooks
20/03/2012 Duración: 04minFor many Mississippians, family recipes are cherished keepsakes. Lisa Burnett of Ruleville remembers cooking with her family and a favorite cookbook. Burnett recalls both her grandparents, George and Tina Burnett, were excellent cooks. She describes a typical Friday night growing up in Ruleville and her Papaw’s unusual smoker. In 2009, Burnett published her own cookbook of family recipes called Cooking on the Quiver River. She explains how the project came about.
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MS Moments 300 Mike Sturdivant - Mississippi Innkeepers
13/02/2012 Duración: 04minAfter building the first four Holiday Inns in Memphis, Kemmons Wilson teamed up with Mississippians Wallace Johnson and Bill Walton to begin selling franchises. Mike Sturdivant, of Glendora, was a recent Harvard graduate in 1956. He recalls meeting Wilson and opening his first Holiday Inn in Meridian. Soon Sturdivant and his former college roommate, Earle Jones, began opening Holiday Inns across the state. He remembers how the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 affected their business. By 1976, when Studivant sat down to reflect on twenty years in the business, their company, Mississippi Management was operating over 2000 hotel rooms. Today, MMI of Flowood. operates over 100 properties throughout the southeast.
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MS Moments 299 Peter Floyd - Fishing & Conservation
13/02/2012 Duración: 04minOver the years, commercial fishermen and conservationists have often viewed each other as adversaries. Peter Floyd of Pascagoula has worked as a commercial fisherman and a turtle researcher. In a recent interview, he explains how he sees things differently. Floyd explains how a life-long interest in herpetology, the study of reptiles and amphibians, led to a second career as a turtle researcher. Floyd sees in the Gulf, an abundant variety of marine life. He feels that over-regulation of the fishing industry is costing the state millions in lost income.
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MS Moments 298 Sunseri - P & J Oysters
13/02/2012 Duración: 04minFounded in 1876, P&J Oyster Company of New Orleans was the oldest continually-operating oyster business in the United States. In June of 2010, owners Al, Sal, and Blake Sunseri were forced to close after the B.P. oil spill. Blake Sunseri describes how the French Quarter would awaken to the sounds of oyster shucking. Al Sunseri explains that oyster shucking has always been done by immigrants. He laments having to lay off long-time employees. He marvels at the out-pouring of support for their company as they look to the future. P&J Oysters can be found online at Oysterlovers.com.
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MS Moments 297 Roscoe Liebig - Hard Times for Shrimpers
13/02/2012 Duración: 04minAfter the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, British Petroleum established a program to compensate those affected. Roscoe Liebig, a shrimper from Pas Christian, says that program was poorly administered and rife with fraudulent claims. Liebig has noticed that young people are no longer choosing a career in the shrimping industry. He wonders about the future of the industry.
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MS Moments 296 the Honorable Gerald Blessey - Ole' Miss Activist
30/01/2012 Duración: 04minBy the 1950s, the Catholic Church was actively supporting racial equality and integration. The Honorable Gerald Blessey, former Mayor of Biloxi recalls how growing up Catholic influenced his decision to become politically active in college. While attending Ole’ Miss as an undergrad, Blessey witnessed the riot sparked by the enrollment of the school’s first black student, James Meredith. Later, as a law student, he assisted Civil Rights activists during the 1964 Freedom Summer.
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MS Moments 295 Frank Parker - Biloxi Shrimper
30/01/2012 Duración: 04minFor Frank Parker of Biloxi, fishing is a family tradition. He discusses the importance of the seafood industry to the Gulf Coast way of life. Due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010, Mississippi shrimpers have had to travel farther from home to catch shrimp. Parker details how he has turned this to his advantage.
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MS Moments 294 Norman Yandell - Old School Fishing
13/01/2012 Duración: 04minNorman Yandell of Long Beach has been fishing all of his life using the skills he learned from his step dad. He recounts how he started making and selling his own brand of fishing lures called “Norm Bait.” Yandell can be found most Saturdays at the Biloxi Maritime and Seafood Museum teaching folks how to make fishing nets. He recalls how the local firemen used to spend their spare time making nets.
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MS Moments 293 Jerome Myles - A Career in Radio
06/01/2012 Duración: 04minJerome Myles of Natchez began working in radio at a young age. He recalls how a job shadowing program in high school led to a 30+ year career in broadcasting. He discusses the importance of “being yourself” on the air.
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MS Moments 292 Brother Leo Welch - Gospel Music DJ
06/01/2012 Duración: 04minFor over 27 years, Leo Welch has hosted a Gospel music TV show on WO7BN in Bruce, MS. He discusses his early career as a Blues musician and the switch to Gospel.
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MS Moments 291 Tuan Nguyen - Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corporation
08/12/2011 Duración: 04minThe Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corp. was established in 2006 to assist area Vietnamese-Americans after Hurricane Katrina. Known as the CDC, they were called on once again to assist the Gulf Coast Vietnamese fishing community after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
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MS Moments Podcast Bonus - Excerpts from the Roots Reunion Live Radio Show!
06/12/2011 Duración: 30minHere is our gift to you, our loyal listeners: 30 minutes of our annual Roots Reunion Show recorded live Saturday, December 3rd at the historic Saenger Theater in downtown Hattiesburg. The show features traditional music from Mississippi and the surrounding area. This month's show included bluegrass byour house band, The Patchwork String Band, the traditional music of Doug and Rhonda Webb, Irish folk singer Jim Flanagan, Jazz by Heather and the Monkey King, and more bluegrass by Delta Reign. You can get a CD of the entire show FREE with your paid membership to the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage by going to http://www.usm.edu/oral-history/become-member .
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MS Moments 290 Tommie T-Bone Pruitt - Mobile Street Blues
01/12/2011 Duración: 04minHistoric Mobile Street in downtown Hattiesburg was for many years the hottest strip for live music outside of Bourbon Street in New Orleans. It was on Mobile Street in 1947 a young guitarist named Tommie Pruitt began a career that has lasted 64 years and counting. Pruitt recalls learning to play on a homemade guitar and how his father earned money as a street musician. Taken from an interview provided by the Mississippi Arts Commission's Folklife Archive.