Mississippi, United States - Obama Presidency Oral History Mississippi, United States Index / Locations Transcripts (87) Bob Kocher ...halls? I went to one town hall in Mississippi , and was struck by the anger tha... Carol Browner ...so taken with his writing about the Mississippi [River]. Please tell him if you see hi... ...idea that we could straighten the Mississippi . I understand what drove us. It'... Carolyn Britton ...were constantly struggling with Mississippi to see who was going to be last. Yo... Frances Beinecke ...to fly out over the remnants of the Mississippi Delta. There's so much erosion tha... Lisa Jackson ...New Orleans is at the mouth of the Mississippi River, an extraordinary resource in ou... ...of hit me was that cancer study of the Mississippi River. Then, by the time I got t... ...hub, the communities around the Mississippi . So all of that. I don't know when i... ...few places in the South—South Carolina, Mississippi , Georgia—as well as places lik... ...that was really cool. We went to Mississippi , and we met with a community along th... ...talked last time; I grew up along the Mississippi , and didn't think of it as a... ...of it, but Florida was quite vocal; Mississippi , Alabama. All the way across to Texa... ...marshland and restores parts of the Mississippi delta and the ecosystem around it, t... ...New Orleans is at the mouth of the Mississippi River, an extraordinary resource in ou... ...of hit me was that cancer study of the Mississippi River. Then, by the time I got t... ...hub, the communities around the Mississippi . So all of that. I don't know when i... ...few places in the South—South Carolina, Mississippi , Georgia—as well as places lik... ...that was really cool. We went to Mississippi , and we met with a community along th... ...talked last time; I grew up along the Mississippi , and didn't think of it as a... ...of it, but Florida was quite vocal; Mississippi , Alabama. All the way across to Texa... ...marshland and restores parts of the Mississippi delta and the ecosystem around it, t... Show more... Regina Benjamin ...any in the United States. It's Alabama, Mississippi , Louisiana, Texas, and Florida. W... Tom Harkin ...Montgomery, Congressman Montgomery from Mississippi , the head of the delegation, calle... ...put them on barges and ship them up the Mississippi . Finally, someone got the bright ide... ...Montgomery, Congressman Montgomery from Mississippi , the head of the delegation, calle... ...put them on barges and ship them up the Mississippi . Finally, someone got the bright ide... Cecile Richards ...of my favorite healthcare providers in Mississippi said to me one day, she said, “You wal... Jeanne Lambrew ...minorities who are uninsured—Florida, Mississippi , Texas. We know where this would hav... Michael Minor ...Baptist Church in Hernando, Mississippi , President of the Mid-South Churche... ...read that you grew up in Coldwater, Mississippi . I'm curious if there were particula... ...selling automobiles, a country boy from Mississippi making good money and everything... ...exhibit on the square in Hernando, Mississippi , with other ladies, now, that has a... ...conversation to explain why that is. Mississippi , instead of having one Nationa... ...Maybe I could start by asking about the Mississippi model, which I've read a bit about. Ca... ...you talk a bit about the aims of the Mississippi model? I got you. Look, I was goin... ...the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi . The thing they were trying to do wer... ...we get congregations across Northwest Mississippi and the Upper Mississippi Delta to mak... ...Northwest Mississippi and the Upper Mississippi Delta to make better choices abou... ...White House. There was an event down in Mississippi . You know, it was amazing. My wif... ...You mentioned the first lady's visit to Mississippi , which was one of the three times yo... ...at Brinkley Middle School in Jackson, Mississippi , from what I read in the newspapers. ... ...of how important it was to people in Mississippi . I'm going to flip you around... ...it was the second trip that she came to Mississippi , because on the first trip that sh... ...of stuff and everything. Remember, in Mississippi , folks think there's only one part o... ...folks think there's only one part of Mississippi —Jackson, that's it. If you're not i... ...not in the Jackson area, you're not in Mississippi . It was kind of funny that day, and i... ...the country, and in your memories of Mississippi as well, was your experience tha... ...I take you back to Hernando and back to Mississippi in the spring of 2010, what did th... ...to health professionals, and we use Mississippi as the model. Mississippi is th... ...and we use Mississippi as the model. Mississippi is the birthplace of federall... ...to people, “Look, we get the ACA out in Mississippi . We get the ACA, Medicaid expansion... ...it, we only were going to do Northwest Mississippi and the Upper Delta when we go... ...Most of the time, when a grant comes in Mississippi , a major grant—and I say major grant... ...that had folks all over Northwest Mississippi and the Delta to get it done. The... ...on faith, and went from just Northwest Mississippi to some Delta counties, and said... ...that could upset the apple cart in Mississippi . That's what could have happened. S... ...when it comes to the work of the ACA in Mississippi , but the politics as well. Yo... ...covered every county in the state of Mississippi . Yes, it did. I'm so proud o... ...I was fortunate to work with MHAP, Mississippi Health Advocacy Program, and MHAP wa... ...to the Gulf Coast and northeast Mississippi and Metro Jackson, just like that. Wen... ...more for the Vietnamese community in Mississippi , probably than any other group outsid... ...got to know, that's a lot of money in Mississippi . We're not talking about New Yor... ...York City, okay? We're talking about Mississippi , where money still goes a long way o... ...am really excited about the future of Mississippi .” I can't think of the other person'... ...to school to live here, but I stay in Mississippi all the time. Somebody joked me—don'... ...you to keep staying there and work in Mississippi , instead of living in Mississippi an... ...in Mississippi, instead of living in Mississippi and working in Mississippi. As thing... ...of living in Mississippi and working in Mississippi . As things get further along, I thin... ...navigators—of course, you grew up in Mississippi , and then you came back to Mississipp... ...Mississippi, and then you came back to Mississippi to do ministry, but did that year an... ...When you get down in the southwest Mississippi , that's like New Orleans. You get ove... ...New Orleans. You get over in southeast Mississippi , that's like Pensacola [Florida], an... ...like that. You get over in east central Mississippi , that's “Roll Tide,” Tuscaloosa-typ... ...Then you get up there in northeast Mississippi , in the hills. That's a whol... ...people in Jackson think people in north Mississippi , that's part of Memphis. That's al... ...do a report on concentrated poverty in Mississippi Delta. I told them it's a waste o... ...there is concentrated poverty in the Mississippi Delta. Now we want to do a status... ...was—the H.O.P.E. part, I started in Mississippi . The reason I started in Mississipp... ...in Mississippi. The reason I started in Mississippi is because the work I was doing wit... ...with health. You know what? This is Mississippi . This is National Baptist. A lot o... ...myself, In most of these places across Mississippi , you're not going to have a nurse... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy go to the Healthcare Healthcare The Peoples' House Coming soon Transition Coming soon Inherited Wars Coming soon