Deep South Humanities Center Planning Meeting 
Mississippi Delta Session in Helena, Arkansas

Photos by David Wharton
   
Left: Cora Bullock, who catered the event, stands in front of her Helena soul food cafe.  Right: (from left) Patricia La Pointe and Wayne Dowdy of Memphis/Shelby County Public Library and Information Center join Ruby Henderson from Arkansas Senator Tim Hutchinson's office in surveying the lunch selections.

   

Sarah Wilkerson-Freeman, from Arkansas State, addresses the gathering as participants look on; left to right, row one: Terry Latour and Henry Outlaw from Delta State; row two: Meredith Johnston and Albert Nylander from Delta State, Taylor Mack from Mississippi State, Lynn Adams Wilkins from the Mississippi Arts Commission; row three: Sarah Wilkerson-Freeman, Jane McBride Gates, and George Lord from Arkansas State; back row: Ray Bryant from Mississippi Delta Development Center, and John Matthews, directos of Delta Cultural Center.

 

  

Luther Brown, director of the Delta Center for Culture and Learning at Delta State, addresses the crowd.

 

Center Director Charles Reagan Wilson chats with Delta State President David Potter and Teach for America's Ron Nurnberg.