Left Behind: Jasper County Residents Furious at Delayed Tornado Response
Gov. Tate Reeves asked for federal help for three counties after horrific Easter tornados. Jasper County was left out, and residents need help.
Unearthing and Confronting Oxford’s Lynching History With Rev. E.W. Higginbottom Sr.
The weekend I met Rev. E.W. Higginbottom Sr. was the 82nd anniversary of the lynching of his then-29-year-old father Elwood, an Oxford sharecropper, on Sept. 17, 1935. Immediately after the brutal murder, young E.W., his mother and his two younger siblings had to flee Lafayette County for their own lives, and they lost touch with […]
Unearthing and Confronting Oxford’s Lynching History With Rev. E.W. Higginbottom Sr.
The weekend I met Rev. E.W. Higginbottom Sr. was the 82nd anniversary of the lynching of his then-29-year-old father Elwood, an Oxford sharecropper, on Sept. 17, 1935. Immediately after the brutal murder, young E.W., his mother and his two younger siblings had to flee Lafayette County for their own lives, and they lost touch with […]
