86-year-old bluesman James "T-model" Ford of Greenville, Miss. has traveled the world playing the blues. Surprisingly Ford didn't learn to play guitar until his mid fifties, before that he drove a truck hauling logs.

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G-town Boxing gym owner and former WBC ranker Terry Whitaker at his gym in Greenville, MS, May 2007. Photos and Audio by Ikuru Kuwajima, Production by Patrick Yen

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J. Stolle. More caption info soon.. Photographs by Katherine Hayes, Production by Patrick Smith

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Voice of Bob Howard, owner of Howard Flying Service, Inc. Arnie Brown piloted the cropdusting plane featured in this video. Photos and Video by James Branaman, Production by Patrick Smith

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King Temple Pastor, Reverend James "JJ" Jackson of the King Temple Church in Clarksdale, Ms. Photographs by Mike Terry, Production by Patrick Smith

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Mac Arthur Fryar, 38, an inmate with Quitman County CWC has worked at the Coahoma County Clarksdale Animal Shelter for eight months to receive time off of his 15-year-sentence for cocaine possesion. Production by Sara Holcombe

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Needy Dotson, 50, has lived in Clarksdale since he was 13. Dotson has been looking for a job for two weeks in the Delta. Production by Patrick Smith

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John Ruskey runs Quapaw Canoe Company in Clarksdale Mississippi. Along with carving canoes he takes groups paddling on the Mississippi River. Photos by James Branaman and Matt Fields-Johnson, Production by Matt Fields-Johnson

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In 1959 Otis Funches left his family's 40-acre farm in Shaw, Mississippi. He is committed to creating a museum of living history on his farm. Photos and Audio by Danny Ghitis, Production by Patrick Yen

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Dr. Bob Elard, 80, is a retired Principal who has lived in the Delta for 44 years. He was the principal of Clarksdale high school when it was first integrated. Production by Sara Holcombe

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Dorothy Cotton, 69, a Rest Haven chef, has lived in the Delta, "all her life." Production by Sara Holcombe

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Today, a drive down historic US 61 tells the story of a town declining with time, but town patrons who will never leave. Story narrated by Mae Ella Dawson. Production by Patrick Smith and Patrick Yen

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Robert Birdsong, 53, is a captain with the Clarksdale Fire Department who was born and raised in Clarksdale. Production by Sara Holcombe

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Chafik Chamoun, 72, owner of Rest Haven, has lived in the Delta since 1934. Production by Sara Holcombe

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Carlos Kentwood, 24, has lived in Friar's Point, Ms., north of Clarksdale, for most of his life. Kentwood recently joined the Army National Guard to give himself a way out of a town. Production by Matt Fields-Johnson

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The American Diversity Project is an annual week-long documentary project where student and professional photojournalists come together to document a small town.

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American Diversity Project 2007 Podcast

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