Mississippi

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December 17, 2010
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Staples was born on a farm near Winona on Dec. 28, 1914. He began playing blues…
November 25, 2010
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The absence of a state museum to acknowledge these events leads some to question whether Mississippi…
November 12, 2010
VIDEO - In the video released by attorney Lisa Ross, viewers can see and hear Murrah High School basketball coach…
November 2, 2010
OPINON - People who believe their vote does not make a difference may be encouraged to know that in many…
October 19, 2010
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - "The 400,000 or 500,000 African-Americans in the Delta need a place to go to school where…
October 15, 2010
VIDEO - A Memphis, Tennessee teen says he was teased and beaten by a gang because he is bisexual...
October 14, 2010
VIDEO - Simeon Wright had no idea he would witness the kidnapping of the man whose murder launched the civil…
October 14, 2010
BOWIE, Md. (AP) - Polls indicate many minority voters are discouraged and won't turn out Nov. 2 as they did…
September 15, 2010
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The NAACP is asking Mississippi's governor to pardon two black women who have been serving life…
September 10, 2010
OPINION - Much more than empty promises of equal opportunity are needed to ensure an end to the persistent human…
September 8, 2010
OPINION - They have an image problem regarding race that will preclude them picking up moderate white voters who fled…
August 28, 2010
OPINION - This blatant attempt to preserve segregation was an institutionalized assertion of a mythical white superiority...
August 27, 2010
VIDEO - At 9, Charles Evans, along with thousands of others trapped at the New Orleans convention center by floodwaters,…
August 27, 2010
VIDEO - According to a memo sent home with students last week, African-American students could not run for class president…
July 16, 2010
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Roland Bourgeois Jr., a 47-year-old white man, is charged in a five-count indictment with firing a…
June 7, 2010
OPINION - Knowing that this type of discrimination continues is the first step toward holding district attorney's offices accountable for…
June 2, 2010
OPINION - "One thing that compounds a tragedy," said Rep. Bennie Thompson, "is when the victims aren't even allowed to…
April 27, 2010
PEARL, Mississippi (AP) - A black man accused of stabbing an outspoken white supremacist to death in Mississippi said Monday…
April 23, 2010
PEARL, Miss. (AP)- Authorities in Mississippi say a white supremacist lawyer found dead in his house had been stabbed, beaten…
April 22, 2010
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Next year's commemoration of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Rides is expected to dwarf any other tourism…