One person waves, two people waved, three waved, whoa I lost count! It is unbelievable how many people waved at us as we drove through Clarksdale, Mississippi. We were welcomed by everyone we met and I was grateful to have people makes us feel at home. During our four day stay at the “Habitat for Humanities” dormitory there, we had a chance to explore the neighborhood. There were many wooden houses falling apart, some were abandoned, and most of them had junk on the yard. What struck me the most was that a couple blocks away, still in the city of Clarksdale, the neighborhood looked completely different. The majority of the houses were made of brick, had large clean yards, and almost all were in perfect condition. Seeing a significant difference in the appearance of the two neighborhoods reminded me of Newark because there are some areas where one neighborhood looks better than another. It is crazy how some of the problems we have in the North are also present in the South. Subscribe to 2019 Civil Rights Project at SBP
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