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Fatal Flood: Chapter 1

In 1927, the Mississippi River flooded from New Orleans to Illinois, leaving a million people homeless.

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    Footage from the 1927 flood, including shots of workers and aerial views of the flooding.

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    What was it like for the residents of the Mississippi Delta in spring 1927, as torrential rains fell and the river rose steadily to flood stage?

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    Percy ran both his law practice and plantations with a vengeance, and by the early 1900s he controlled plantations exceeding 20,000 acres.