When I normally think of Mississippi, I think of a hot southern state with nothing to do but eat. I never thought of Mississippi as having its own culture or its own specific thing period. Mississippi seemed like one of the nobody states. After reading these articles, I realized that Mississippi did have something that made it stand out. I read the barbecue article first. It never once occurred to me that barbecue had originated with the Lebanese or that Mississippi had such a diverse cultural background. I was expecting black and white and few in between. I also thought it was interesting how Pat Davis' family served everyone, including African Americans despite the segregation laws that made this idea even seem dangerous. Mississippi paved a road during the Civil Rights era that many probably don't know about. A Delta Manhunt, though not as happy as the barbecue article, was still interesting. Despite the "anti-segregational" ways of Pat Davis' family, racism is still a current issue in Mississippi. Two different worlds can be seen in the same town of Clarksdale, Mississippi. It seems like a few of the townspeople had brought every type of weapon they could get their hands on to go after an unsuccessful burglar, who just happened to be an African American. NAACP saw this as a racial hate crime. It was like war just to go after one unarmed man. Despite its happy endings when it comes to barbecue, like all states, Mississippi also has its bad side.