Day 3 : Baton Rouge to Jackson, Mississippi

Day 3 will be the day I arrive in Jackson, Mississippi after a long ride north on Interstate 55. I will leave the Marriott Hotel in Baton Rouge at around 8 in the morning and take a 3 hour drive towards Jackson. Some music I will likely play will be "Jackson" by Johnny Cash as it is a song with southern influence and has roots in the city my journey is based on.

Again I plan on staying at a Marriott Hotel which will likely run me another $150 but this time for two nights so I soppose around $300. For lunch after my long drive I plan on eating at Mama's Southern Traditional for a taste of the Jackson culture regarding food. I plan on striking up a conversation with any interesting characters I see there and asking them about the city in detail and what its role in the Civil Rights Movement means to most of the people today. Depending on what I find out I will walk about the city to see things one normally wouldnt come across in tour groups. Likely this will lead me by local churches and places that have been established since the time Richard Wright grew up here in Jackson. One interesting piece of history I plan on seeing this day will be the Boyd House which was occupied by General Sherman during the siege of Jackson. The Sherman's March documentary will be on my mind as he was a key figure in the Civil War and what led to the Civil Rights Movement and the tedious labors many black people underwent to become a larger part of society.

http://www.theoakshousemuseum.org/ After a long day of exploring I will likely eat at the hotel rather than a restaurant and think about the places I've already been to and how they compare to what Wright showed about the South.