“Eighty Years at Young’s” explores the forgotten history of Chinese grocers in the Mississippi Delta during the Jim Crow South. The 10-minute documentary delves into Young’s, an 80-year old grocery store in Earle, Arkansas that originally opened as an ice cream parlor in the 1940s. Through this store, the rich history of Chinese grocers in the Delta is examined, their place in the Jim Crow racial hierarchy is investigated, and the impact of the few remaining Chinese-owned grocery stores in the Delta is detailed. Oral histories, customer interviews, and archival

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