In August I will begin teaching at North Panola High School, where about 100% of the students are black and many are poor. Perhaps ten miles south of North Panola High is South Panola High, which is racially integrated (and a few times larger). The two buildings give rather different impressions, as you can see in the photographs. More are available here.
When I scanned the map of Mississippi counties with critical teacher shortages I noticed no county but Panola that was shaded on only one half. Though I could guess, I do not know why Panola County is divided into two school districts. I hope the two books Frederick Wirt wrote on the subject of race in Panola County (Politics of Southern Equality and We Ain’t What We Was) will be informative.