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Clarksdale city (1990 pop. 19,717), seat of Coahoma co., NW Miss., on the Sunflower River; inc. 1882. It is a processing and distribution center for agriculture, its main resource. There is also light manufacturing. Clarksdale also is a major center for rhythm-and-blues music.

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Clarksdale, Mississippi/USA Clarksville Settled in 1849 and named after Captain John Clark, brother‐in‐law of the governor of Mississippi.

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	Monster Worldwide to Sponsor Clarksdale, Mississippi Area Job Fair for Hurricane Katrina Survivors & Rebuild Workers. Business Wire; 4/10/2006
	Lee Craven: Madidi, Clarksdale.(mississippi chef profile)(Interview) Magazine article from: Mississippi Magazine; 5/1/2007
	Henry Espy re-elected mayor of Clarksdale, Miss. (Brief Article) Magazine article from: Jet; 7/12/1993

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