Mississippi has rich Black history. See Civil Rights sites, where blues music was born

Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the ...
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Two buildings in Jackson's John R Lynch Street civil rights district listed on National Register

Two buildings in the John R. Lynch Street Civil Rights Historic District in Jackson — the M. W. Stringer Grand Lodge, home to ...
KWWL

DOJ launches civil rights probe of Mississippi sheriff’s office whose deputies tortured 2 Black men in ‘Goon Squad’ case

(CNN) — The Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation into the sheriff’s department in Mississippi’s Rankin County after several of its deputies – including some who were in a ...
Reuters

U.S. launches civil rights probe into Mississippi sheriff's office that employed 'Goon Squad'

WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday launched a civil rights probe into the Rankin County Sheriff's Department in Mississippi after several of its former officers ...
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Mississippi honors trailblazing civil rights lawyers with new Freedom Trail marker

Freedom Trail marker on Farish Street honors three Jackson attorneys who risked their lives fighting for civil rights and justice in Mississippi Mississippi’s newest Freedom Trail marker was unveiled ...
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Mississippi civil rights attorney seeks congressional seat held by GOP's Trent Kelly

FILE - Attorney Cliff Johnson, director of the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, speaks during a hearing Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in Hinds County Chancery Court in Jackson, Miss. (AP ...
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Mississippi civil rights pioneer marks 60th anniversary of Voting Rights Act

THAT SECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED AND BACK OPEN BY FALL. TODAY MARKS 60 YEARS SINCE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW - AND A MISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS TRAILBLAZER IS REFLECTING ON THE ...
The Clarion-Ledger

Civil rights groups, education advocates sue MS education boards over anti-DEI laws

Civil rights groups and education advocates are challenging Mississippi's DEI policies in federal court. Plaintiffs argue the anti-DEI legislation violates First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The ...
KSAT

Civil rights icon James Meredith is honored in his Mississippi hometown

Read full article: 2 firefighters injured in fire at Northeast Side apartment complex, SAFD says Myrta Romanos was arrested in connection with the deaths of Savanah Soto and Matthew Guerra. Read full ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Civil Rights Watershed in Biloxi, Mississippi

The black community in 1960 were relegated to mere swatches of sand and surf on the Biloxi beach. After a series of "wade-in" protests, violence ensued. AP Images The waters beside Biloxi, Mississippi ...
Philadelphia Tribune

Civil rights icon James Meredith is honored in his Mississippi hometown

KOSCIUSKO, Miss. — A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of James Meredith, honoring the Black man who fought white supremacy by integrating the University of Mississippi in 1962.