The blog had an accurate overview of the history of Chinese in Mississippi that was excerpted from an article on the web by a noted Southern history scholar, Charles Reagan Wilson.
While Wilson's article did contain the phrase "Coming to Mississippi," it did NOT include the photograph of the 5 well-dressed Chinese men as the segment reproduced below demonstrates.
The U.K.blogger implied that this photograph showed Mississippi Chinese. I felt a sense of deja vu about this image. I felt fairly certain I had seen it previously but not in relation to Mississippi Chinese. But just where had I seen it and who were these men?
Using a tool that is a reverse image search called tin eye , I uploaded the photograph to tin eye, which revealed that this image is in a Denver Archive which identifies these men as Chinese in Georgetown, Colorado as indicated below.
This discrepancy might seem to some as a minor error, but it is one that could have easily been avoided. It distorts history and discredits the overall post.
