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August 27, 2022
Women from across the state make up the crew that will officiate part of the first week of Mississippi High…
August 25, 2022
A lawsuit that sought to automatically reinstate voting rights for people convicted of certain felonies in Mississippi was struck down…
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August 24, 2022
A small town in the Mississippi Delta that has ties to the civil rights movement will soon be home to…
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August 20, 2022
The Mississippi school district was accused of preventing Olecia James from becoming class salutatorian due to fears of "white flight."
August 17, 2022
A civil rights organization is seeking a temporary restraining order against the Lexington police department.
August 9, 2022
A violent arrest involving a white Mississippi Highway Patrol officer and three Black men is under investigation after a viral…
August 3, 2022
The popular rental site apologized and noted that properties that formerly housed the enslaved have no place on Airbnb.
July 28, 2022
Mark Hall reportedly shared the 10-second Ripley recording to Snapchat, where it was reposted on Facebook, then went viral.
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July 22, 2022
Sanders has committed to giving up half of his coaching salary to ensure that his team's facility upgrades are completed…
July 22, 2022
Sam Dobbins was fired after being surreptitiously recorded by Robert Lee Hooker, a Black officer in the Lexington Police Department.
July 22, 2022
The Mississippi chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness is working to strengthen connections between mental health programs and…
July 18, 2022
Jimmie "Jay" Lee, 20, was last seen leaving an apartment complex in Oxford, Mississippi on Friday, July 8, at about…
July 15, 2022
The white woman who accused Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 says she…
July 14, 2022
A defendant in a Mississippi welfare fraud case said in a court document she directed $1.1 million in welfare money…
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July 5, 2022
Mississippi's only abortion clinic is trying to remain open by blocking a law that would ban most abortions in the…
July 5, 2022
Willie Jerome Manning remains in the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, convicted in 1994 on two counts of capital murder.
June 29, 2022
An unserved warrant charging a white woman, Carolyn Bryant Donham, with Emmett Till's kidnapping was found in a basement.
June 18, 2022
Juneteenth should be about sharing knowledge so that everyone can better understand our nation’s racial history, said Pamela D.C. Junior.
June 11, 2022
Southern Soigné head chef Zacchaeus Golden brings a unique twist to classic dishes of the American South in his Mississippi…
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June 4, 2022
McGee, as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, organized young people to use nonviolent protests against segregation.