Can a black man become Mississippi governor?
OPINION - There is no reason to believe what Obama did in 2008 can't be replicated at the state-level for a man like Johnny DuPree, who has a message worth listening to...
Bluesman David 'Honey Boy' Edwards dead at 96
CHICAGO (AP) - Grammy-winning Blues musician David "Honey Boy" Edwards, believed to be the oldest surviving Delta bluesman and whose roots stretched back to blues legend Robert Johnson, died early Monday in his Chicago home, his manager said....
Black Dem faces tough race for Miss. governor
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - DuPree, the mayor of Mississippi's third-largest city, Hattiesburg, said he's not daunted because he has usually been outspent in campaigns...
Why is Mississippi so red when it’s so black?
OPINION - Oddly, the blackest, poorest and most federally-dependent state in America is also the most conservative state, according to a Gallup poll taken earlier this year...
Miss: 1st black modern party nominee for gov
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Johnny DuPree, 57, won a Democratic primary runoff and advances to the Nov. 8 general election to face Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, 56, of Brandon...
Judge asked to reconsider 'The Help' lawsuit
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - 'The Help' is based on relationships between white families in Mississippi and the black women who worked for them in the 1960s...
Miss. ups murder charge for teen in fatal rundown
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi authorities have upgraded a murder charge to capital murder for a white teenager accused of intentionally running over a black man with a truck...
Prosecutor in civil rights era cold case dies
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Dunn Lampton, a former U.S. attorney in Mississippi who prosecuted a high-profile cold case from the civil rights era, has died...
Miss. judge tosses suit against 'The Help' author
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A lawsuit against Kathryn Stockett, author of the best-selling novel "The Help," has been rejected by a Mississippi judge...
Director: People are too critical of 'The Help'
theGRIO Q&A - Tate Taylor, the producer and director of 'The Help' says that he doesn't care that critics feel his film is not 'real' enough....
