Editing Tutwiler, Mississippi (section)

==Religion==
Tutwiler has a variety of Christian churches, including [[Baptist]], [[Church of God In Christ]], [[Protestant Christianity|Protestant]], and non-denominational.

Seven Catholic nuns and their staff operate community services in the town, mainly at the Tutwiler Community Education Center, which was established in 1993.<ref name="DeltaTownHopes1"/> They operate the site of town meetings and voting, direct outreach programs for children and senior citizens, operate a health clinic, and maintain the grave of [[Sonny Boy Williamson II|Sonny Boy Williamson]].

In 1983, a nun, Sister [[Anne Brooks]], came to Tutwiler to manage the Tutwiler Clinic after earning a medical degree.<ref name="Levey1">Levey, Noam M. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100608023012/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/03/nation/la-na-mississippi-20100603-34/2 "The Mississippi Delta's healthcare blues"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', June 3, 2010; retrieved October 16, 2010.</ref> Before Brooks came, the clinic still had racially segregated waiting rooms.<ref name="Levey2">Levey, Noam M. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100608023012/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/03/nation/la-na-mississippi-20100603-34/2 "The Mississippi Delta's healthcare blues"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', June 3, 2010; retrieved on October 16, 2010.</ref> As of 2010 the clinic had been operating for 27 years.<ref name="Levey1"/> In November 2010 the nuns opened a gymnasium, funded by donors from outside the area. ''New York Times'' journalist Peter T. Kilborn wrote that the facility was "worthy of a university".<ref name="DeltaTownHopes2"/>