The state has seen the rise and fall of several different cultures, and their remnants still blend together in Mississippi's culture today. Mississippi, one of the East South Central states of the United States, bordered on the north by Tennessee, on the east by Alabama, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana, and on the west by Louisiana and Arkansas. The Mississippi River forms almost the entire western boundary, and the Pearl …showed first 75 words of 2288 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2288 total… Mississippi is rich in culture and history because of the many different groups of people who impacted it through the decades. There have been times of plenty and those of hardship, especially the years surrounding servility. Today, Mississippi faces the challenge of fully developing its economic program. Local and state government is still organized to meet the needs of an agricultural, rural society and needs to be modernized to deal with economic problems effectively.