Clarksdale: birthplace of musicians Sam Cooke, Willie Brown, John Lee
Hooker, Junior Parker, and Big Joe Williams; homeplace of MacArthur
Foundation winner Johnnie Billington; Delta Blues Museum; Ground Zero Blues
Alley; Madidi; one-time home of Tennessee Williams; Sunflower River Blues
Festival
Vicksburg: Vicksburg National Military Park; birthplace of musicians Willie
Dixon, Skip James, Milt Hinton, Hank Jones; Jacqueline House African
American Museum; Catfish Row
Greenville: birthplace of musicians Tyrone Davis, Willie Foster, and Mary
Wilson of the Supremes; birthplace of Morgan Freeman; one-time home of
writers Shelby Foote, Walker Percy, Ellen Douglas, Hodding Carter Jr.,
Hodding Carter III, and Beverly Lowry; Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage
Festival; Winterville Mounds
Tunica: birthplace of harmonica great James Cotton; Casino Row; Hollywood Café
Memphis: home of the Peabody Hotel; Beale Street; Graceland; origin of Highway 61
