Mississippi
Theater: “From the Mississippi Delta” Reading At Woodie King Jr’s New Federal Theatre
Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland. Woodie King Jr’s New Federal Theatre’s (NFT) Octoberfest virtual revival play reading series will present from October 16 – ...
As State Retires Flag Symbolizing Racist Era, Mississippians Crave Economic Empowerment
Reverend Charles Young (left to right) and Ashley Griffin pictured above. Photo Credit: Charles Young and Ashley Griffin On an afternoon in ...
Mississippi: Local Groups offer Financial Aid To Black Businesses Shunned by Federal Stimulus
Higher Purpose Co staff poses for a picture. Credit: Higher Purpose Co Over the past decade, Hattiesburg native Marcus “DJ Kujho” Carr has ...
FANNIE LOU HAMER: “IS THIS AMERICA, THE LAND OF THE FREE?”
[Celebrating Black History Month\Fannie Lou Hamer] Fannie Lou Hamer: “I question America. Is this America, the land of the free and the home of ...
NAACP BLASTS RECENT ICE RAIDS IN MISSISSIPPI BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
[NAACP] NAACP: “At a time when the President should be working to promote unity and heal the division in our country, these raids will ...
“Fake News”? Without Courageous Media Civil Rights Progress Would Have been Delayed
Pioneering journalist Ida B. Wells. Source: YouTube Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., knew the power of media and once observed: “The brutality with which ...
The Texas Case: Confederate Flag – A Symbol of Terrorism And Free Speech
How would Black civil war soldiers feel about the Confederate flag? The Confederate flag represents racial oppression to many. Yet, it is a mere ...
Limited Upward Mobility: 50 Years After Civil Rights Act Millions Still Trapped In Poverty
The party of “no.” Fifty years ago, the U.S. Senate passed the version of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that would be ...
Building On Civil Rights Movement: From Freedom Summer to Freedom Schools
[Comment] As a brand-new law school graduate in 1963, I was fortunate enough to receive one of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF)’s first ...
State Of Disunion: The Nullificationists’ And Secessionists’ Unholy Grails
Maybe “conservative” secessionists can learn from Jay Z’s lyrics? [Commentary] “It’s amazing I’m in this maze with you/I just can’t crack your code/One day ...
