JACKSON, Miss. — Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War can be an angst-filled task in Mississippi, with its long history of racial strife…
Mississippi is a state long recognized for it’s systemic and systematic racism and bigotry, particularly towards Black Americans. The findings by the Mississippi Department of…
Mississippi- Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour drew mixed reactions from analysts on Wednesday for his decision to push for a civil rights museum for his state ahead of a possible presidential bid.
Its been a long time coming. Finally, two Mississippi sisters who have spent 16 years in prison over an $11 armed robbery will be released with an unusual stipulation — one must donate a kidney to the other. cnn Read More
VIA: WRAL.COM A Mississippi judge ordered an attorney to spend several hours in jail Wednesday after the attorney chose not to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in court. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported that Chancery Judge Talmadge Littlejohn told a court audience to rise and say the pledge. People in the courtroom said Danny […]
VIA: ABCNEWS.COM After 30 years of barring black students from running for class president, a Mississippi public middle school, reversed a Jim Crow era policy today and announced students of all races would be allowed to run for student government. Students at Nettleton Middle School looking to run for class president, previously needed to maintain […]
This is 2010 right? One middle school in Mississippi segregates class positions by race. msnbc Read More
