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A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

U.S. Secretary of Education
Richard Riley's
America Goes Back To School Bus Tour

THE SUCCESS EXPRESS
Visits the Mississippi Delta
August 27-31, 2000

Clarksdale, Mississippi

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DATE: August 29, 2000

Secretary Riley was entertained by student musicians at the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The Delta Blues Museum runs an after-school program designed to preserve and perpetuate traditional blues music. "By teaching local children an appreciation of music, culture, and history, you help build the foundation for future learning," explained Secretary Riley to an audience of more than 150 students and community members.

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Paula Ushed, a little girl in the Delta Blues Museum After School Program, sings for the bus tour group
8/29-- Paula Ushed, a youngster
in the Delta Blues Museum After
School Program, sings for the
bus tour group

 

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