Pastoral Scenes of a Gallant South: Lynching Victims Finally Memorialized in Oxford
Valerie Reaves, the Higginbottom family historian who lives in the Atlanta area, mourns not only the loss of Elwood, but an entire branch of her family, she said on April 2, 2022, in her speech at the dedication of a long-overdue lynching memorial in the county where at least seven documented lynchings occurred.
As Potential End of Roe v. Wade Looms, Mississippi Leaders Fail to Prepare
“Politicians and policy makers know the end of Roe will mean drastic changes within the state, and they aren’t doing anything to prepare or to address Mississippi’s current social woes,” sociologist Kimberly Kelly writes.
