Mississippi Public Broadcasting aired several interviews in 2011 about the Delta Chinese grocery stores.
Chinese in the Delta
AIR DATE 09/19/11
An isolated group of Chinese Americans managed to maintain a vital, albeit small community in the Mississippi Delta for roughly a hundred years. Now largely forgotten, Chinese groceries once dotted small Delta towns, serving mostly the black community. They also provided the essential ticket to survival for the Chinese immigrants in a society strictly segregated between black and white. MPB's Sandra Knispel spoke with California State University professor emeritus John Jung. Jung is the author of four books about the life,
Magnolias and Chopsticks: The Mississippi Delta Chinese Experience Part 1
PUBLISHED BY SANDRA KNISPEL ON 21 SEP 2011 04:25PM
The Chinese of the Mississippi Delta are an often-overlooked part of the history of the Deep South. In part one of our two-part series, MPB’s Sandra Knispel tells the story of what made them come all the way to the small towns of the Delta.
China is a long way from the United States. Yet many made the voyage, hoping for a better life. In the late 1860s, the first Chinese reached the Mississippi Delta. According to data collected by the University of Mississippi's Center for Population Studies, in 1870 only 16 Chinese lived in the Magnolia state.
PUBLISHED BY SANDRA KNISPEL ON 22 SEP 2011 08:55AM
The Chinese of the Mississippi Delta are an often-overlooked mosaic in the history of the Deep South. In the second installment of our two-part series, MPB’s Sandra Knispel looks at their rapid economic and social ascent -- from grocery store owner to professional. She interviews three Chinese in the MississippiDelta, Harold Lum, Luck Wing, and Frieda Quon whose families owned grocery stores .
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