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23 Miles and Running: My American journey from chopping cotton in the Mississippi Delta to sleeping in the White House
According to USNews, Mississippi has a poverty rate of 21.9% compared to a national average of 11.8%. In 23 Miles and Running, Pinkins shares his journey-with a deep sense of humility and the realization that he is not an anomaly. Just as there were many others like him walking those rows of cotton back then, there are many children still in the Mississippi Delta who continue to grow up in poverty. Read more