Willcoxon, Samuel (2019) Highway 61: Good Roads, Great Migrations, and Delta Blues. Undergraduate thesis, under the direction of Darren Grem from History, University of Mississippi.
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This thesis analyzes the social and racial factors that contributed to the cultural significance of U.S. Highway 61. First, I explore the background of road building and transportation in the United States. Next I detail the history of convict labor in the South, from convict leasing to convict labor on roads as a result of the Good Roads Movement. Third, I describe how economic and social conditions contributed to the out-migration of southerners during the twentieth century. Lastly, I analyze how social conditions spawned the Mississippi Delta blues, and how Highway 61 became a symbol of opportunity for blues musicians.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Undergraduate) |
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| Creators: | Willcoxon, Samuel |
| Student's Degree Program(s): | B.A. in History and B.B.A. in General Business |
| Thesis Advisor: | Darren Grem |
| Thesis Advisor's Department: | History |
| Institution: | University of Mississippi |
| Subjects: | E History America > E151 United States (General) |
| Depositing User: | Samuel Willcoxon |
| Date Deposited: | 06 May 2019 15:51 |
| Last Modified: | 06 May 2019 15:51 |
| URI: | http://thesis.honors.olemiss.edu/id/eprint/1325 |
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