pAccording to emUSNewsem, Mississippi has a poverty rate of 21.9 compared to a national average of 11.8.ppbrppIn em23 Miles and Runningem, Pinkins shares his journey-with a deep sense of humility and the realization that he is not an anomaly. Just as there were many others like him walking those rows of cotton back then, there are many children still in the Mississippi Delta who continue to grow up in poverty.ppbrpp This book asks readers if they have ppbrpulliEver considered what it's like growing up in one of the most poverty-stricken areas in America chopping cotton for a living, and doing whatever it takes just to get byliliEver wondered how it feels to literally get lost in a foreign country, engulfed by the culture and communities surrounding youliliEver thought about the unique and unbreakable bonds built between those who go into combat togetherliliEver imagined what it would be like to fly aboard Air Force One, sleep in the White House, or shake the hand of a President of the