MVSU to host 4th Annual B.B. King Day at MVSU Symposium Sept. 6

 

ITTA BENA, Miss. — Do you know the mixed ethnicity of Charlie Patton, who is called the “Father of Delta blues?” Do you know much about Jimi Hendrix’s Cherokee heritage? The 4th Annual B.B. King Day at MVSU Symposium, slated for Thursday, Sept. 6, will explore how the making of American music, like the making of America itself, is filled with legends of mixed races.

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