Editing Indianola, Mississippi (section)

==Economy==
Because Indianola is located at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 49W]] and [[U.S. Route 82 in Mississippi|U.S. Route 82]], as of 2004 it is one of the last economically viable small towns in the [[Mississippi Delta]]. In the 1980s and 1990s, the city government convinced a major retailer to build a distribution center near the intersection of the two highways. This development infused cash into the local economy and allowed semiskilled jobs to be established.<ref name="Moye28">Moye, J. Todd. ''[[Let the People Decide: Black Freedom and White Resistance Movements in Sunflower County, Mississippi, 1945–1986]]''. [[University of North Carolina Press]], November 29, 2004. [https://books.google.com/books?id=KZ4IoG1nQuUC&dq=Parchman+%22middle+of+nowhere%22&pg=PA28 28] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715052640/https://books.google.com/books?id=KZ4IoG1nQuUC&dq=Parchman+%22middle+of+nowhere%22&pg=PA28 |date=2023-07-15 }}. Retrieved from [[Google Books]] on February 26, 2012. {{ISBN|0-8078-5561-8}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8078-5561-4}}.</ref>

In August 2011, Delta Pride, a catfish processing company, closed its plant in Indianola.<ref>Parham, Wayne. "[http://www.enterprise-tocsin.com/view/full_story/15014986/article-Delta-Pride-closes-its-Indianola-catfish-plant?instance=home_news_lead_story Delta Pride closes its Indianola catfish plant]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." ''[[The Enterprise-Tocsin]]''. Retrieved on August 16, 2011.</ref><!--Published 6 days ago from the 16th-->