Mississippi Closed State Offices For Confederate Holiday, But Not Juneteenth
State offices remained open in Mississippi during the Juneteenth federal holiday, which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, almost two months after officials closed state offices to celebrate the Confederate Memorial Day state holiday on April 24.
Starkville Honors Juneteenth With Six-Day Celebration ‘To Bridge The Gap’
Messages of hope, history, freedom and celebration rang throughout Starkville for six days as residents celebrated Juneteenth.
Juneteenth Offers New Ways to Teach About Slavery and American History
“Teaching lessons about (Juneteenth) offers an abundance of opportunities about what it means to fight for freedom and maintain a sense of self-determination in the face of oppression,” Raphael Rogers writes.
A Juneteenth Lesson for Lawmakers Trying to Erase History
“Texas history is both the story of people who dedicated their lives to the work of advancing freedom and the story of powerful people and forces that stood against it,” Jeffrey Littlejohn and Zachary Montz write.
Power Outages ‘Not Seen Since Hurricane Katrina’ Hit Mississippi After Deadly Storms
More than 138,000 Mississippi residents lost power amid temperatures as high as the 90s since the arrival of severe thunderstorms last Friday, and thousands remained without power as storms continued to pummel the state this morning.