Clarksdale’s unexpected moment in the spotlight has galvanized a number of young Black residents, some of whom successfully lobbied the director, Ryan Coogler, to visit last week and screen ...

On a reporting trip, Here & Now's Chris Bentley and Peter O'Dowd traversed the Blues Trail in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

CLARKSDALE — Ryan Coogler's latest movie "Sinners" tells a powerful tale of love and hate, blending science fiction with poignant reflections of reality, all set against the backdrop of a 1930's ...

CLARKSDALE, MISS. – Tyler Yarbrough makes it clear. In as little as three weeks, community members, more than a dozen sponsors, and partners planned and executed Clarksdale Culture Capital’s ...

Clarksdale lost its only grocery store, a Kroger, in 2017, and although residents wanted another big box store to take its place, Tyler Yarborough, the director of Mississippi Delta programs for ...

It has always frustrated me that national media outlets place so much focus on Clarksdale, Miss., as a capital of the blues while giving no attention to nearby Helena. Give those Mississippians credit ...

“Clarksdale is on its way back, but it ain’t coming back in a form that the older generations like my mom and dad saw it. It’s coming back through arts, culture, and film,” Houston said.

Clarksdale is about 155 miles northwest of Jackson, Mississippi and about 80 miles southwest of Memphis, Tennessee. USA TODAY reached out to Yarbrough and Coogler's team for comment.

Clarksdale Police Chief Whit Reed said homicides decreased from 11 to 3 this past year. “If you start going back into the 2000s, (crime) was bad. Then we did a big federal project, and it decreased.

Yarbrough, who has been organizing since high school, was born and raised in Clarksdale. It is about 155 miles northwest of Jackson, Mississippi and about 80 miles southwest of Memphis, Tennessee.