‘More to Be Done’: Mississippians Celebrate Juneteenth Across Mississippi
Juneteenth commemorates the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people were freed.
Juneteenth commemorates the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people were freed.
Voter restoration is one of many issues plaguing Mississippi, but a new collaboration between the Southern Poverty Law Center and Tougaloo College is looking to train the next up-and-coming generation of activists to effectively work toward voting rights with an advocacy institute.
At the Madison/Rankin County Circuit Courthouse in Canton on March 28, 2022, two judges sentenced three people to a collective 216 years for drug offenses.
Vice President Kamala Harris came to the 82.4% Black town of Greenville to talk about the Biden administration’s efforts to ensure that small business owners get resources they need to rebuild, especially in underserved communities like Greenville.
In Mississippi, a number of cities owe their very existence to railways, with towns growing up around outposts that originally began only to serve the trains and rail workers, leading to the rail lines attracting industry rather than the other way around.
Nissan will build two new all-electric Nissan and Infiniti vehicles at its Canton, Miss., assembly plant, the Japanese automaker announced this morning alongside Gov. Tate Reeves and other state officials.
Joshua Cable owns and operates Kingdom Cities Network, a business-focused ministry, alongside his wife, Monica Cable. After receiving Mayor Lumumba’s signed proclamation on Feb. 1, 2020, Cable has annually used the honor to spotlight members of the Jackson metro community and their own contributions to lifting up those around them. This year, Cable partnered with the Best of Mississippi awards to present certificates of honor to local farmers: D.J. Baker, owner of Esculent and a food consultant for public and private food businesses and edible-landscaping projects; Foot Print Farms President and Chief Executive Officer Cindy Ayers Elliott; and Chris and Caroline Ratliff, owners of Ratliff’s IronHorse Ranch in Raymond, Miss.
George Raymond was a teenager when he came to Mississippi from New Orleans to fight for Black freedom and voting rights. He could have been driving the car instead of James Chaney on Father’s Day, 1964, when the KKK killed three civil rights workers in Neshoba County.
Local law enforcement’s “entanglement” with federal immigration agencies instills “fear across Mississippi’s immigrant communities” and introduces “a host of public safety hazards,” the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi said today while announcing “Unalienable,” a statewide campaign designed to change that dynamic.
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