Mississippi River Flood of 1927

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mississippi_River_Flood_of_1927

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:dam
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:Arkansas gptkb:Illinois gptkb:Indiana gptkb:Kansas gptkb:Kentucky gptkb:Louisiana gptkb:Mississippi gptkb:Missouri gptkb:Oklahoma gptkb:Tennessee gptkb:Texas
gptkbp:casualties	at least 246 deaths
gptkbp:cause	heavy rainfall levee failures
gptkbp:consequence	gptkb:Flood_Control_Act_of_1928 increased role of federal government in disaster response major changes to federal flood control policy migration of African Americans to northern cities influence on blues music and culture
gptkbp:displacedPeople	over 600,000
gptkbp:endDate	1927-08
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Mississippi River Flood of 1927
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Mississippi_River gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableEvent	Greenville, Mississippi levee dynamited Red Cross relief camps established flooding of New Orleans massive levee breaches
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Syl_Johnson gptkb:Oscar_De_Priest gptkb:Walter_F._White gptkb:Will_Percy gptkb:Aretha_Franklin gptkb:B.B._King gptkb:Buddy_Guy gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge gptkb:Herbert_Hoover gptkb:Ida_B._Wells gptkb:J._Edgar_Hoover gptkb:Langston_Hughes gptkb:Louis_Armstrong gptkb:Muddy_Waters gptkb:Otis_Clay gptkb:Ray_Charles gptkb:Robert_Johnson gptkb:Sam_Cooke gptkb:Tina_Turner gptkb:W._E._B._Du_Bois gptkb:Willie_Brown gptkb:Big_Bill_Broonzy gptkb:Elmore_James gptkb:Howlin'_Wolf gptkb:John_Lee_Hooker gptkb:Otis_Redding gptkb:Solomon_Burke gptkb:Sonny_Boy_Williamson_II gptkb:Willie_Dixon gptkb:Al_Green gptkb:Albert_King gptkb:Blind_Lemon_Jefferson gptkb:Bobby_Bland gptkb:Bobby_Womack gptkb:Charley_Patton gptkb:Clarence_Carter gptkb:Freddie_King gptkb:James_Cotton gptkb:Junior_Wells gptkb:Koko_Taylor gptkb:Little_Walter gptkb:Otis_Rush gptkb:Otis_Spann gptkb:Percy_Sledge gptkb:Son_House gptkb:Betty_Wright gptkb:Robert_Russa_Moton gptkb:LeRoy_Percy gptkb:Etta_James gptkb:Ike_Turner gptkb:James_Brown gptkb:Lead_Belly gptkb:Ma_Rainey gptkb:Isaac_Hayes gptkb:Booker_T._Jones gptkb:Joe_Tex gptkb:James_K._Vardaman gptkb:John_Henry_Kirby gptkb:H._L._Mencken gptkb:Charles_E._Mitchell gptkb:Ann_Peebles gptkb:Don_Covay gptkb:Little_Milton gptkb:Magic_Sam gptkb:Memphis_Minnie gptkb:Skip_James gptkb:Sonny_Boy_Williamson_I gptkb:E._H._Crump gptkb:Wilson_Pickett gptkb:Tommy_Johnson gptkb:Sam_&_Dave gptkb:Pinetop_Perkins gptkb:Furry_Lewis gptkb:Z.Z._Hill gptkb:Denise_LaSalle gptkb:Johnnie_Taylor Bessie Smith
gptkbp:propertyDamage	over $400 million (1927 USD)
gptkbp:startDate	1927-04
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Pointe_Coupee_Parish,_Louisiana
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7