Previous articleNext article No AccessProceedings of the 78th Annual Meeting - Student Essay Contest WinnersContested Terrain: The Mississippi Flood of 1927 and the Struggle to Control Black LaborRobyn SpencerRobyn Spencer Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Volume 79, Number 2Spring 1994 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/2717627 Views: 20Total views on this site Journal History This article was published in The Journal of Negro History (1916-2001), which is continued by The Journal of African American History (2002-present). Copyright 1994 The Association for the Study of African American Life and HistoryPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.