The Mississippi river: triumphant and tragic

Forming a Nation (1:41)

Songs of a River (1:12)

The Geography of a Great River (0:27)

Cairo, Illinois (2:48)

Cairo, Gateway to the North (2:23)

Memphis - Music Mecca (1:27)

Memphis - The Original Wall Street (2:03)

Stax Records - Integration through Music (2:34)

Transportation on the Mississippi (1:09)

Riverboats - an American Icon (2:53)

Casino Boats - Jackpot (2:25)

The Mississippi Delta (1:56)

The Hopson Plantation (1:14)

The Delta Blues - The Sharecroppers Cry (2:06)

Delta Bluesman - David Honeyboy Edwards (1:11)

Modern Plantations (0:33)

Lessons Learned? (1:58)

The Great Flood of 1927 (2:55)

Taming the Mighty Mississippi (2:53)

Gospel Roots (3:00)

The Declining River (1:43)

Louisiana - Home of the Cajun People (1:47)

Fishing the Mississippi (2:11)

New Orleans - Reclaiming a Heritage (1:54)

Rebirth of a Community (4:09)