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© 2021 Rebecca Moseman
Spring Break, Glendora, MS
A boy plays basketball with his friends along the train tracks in Glendora, a town deep within the Delta that is noted for its astonishing poverty. In an application for federal assistance, town officials noted that the Glendora median household income is 70% below the state average, 68% of families live below the poverty line, and just 18% of the adults have earned a high school education.
According to numbers published by Glendora Mayor Johnny B. Thomas in 2017, 86% of children in the village live below the poverty line.