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Opinion | Will We Ever Fully Live Up to the Hopes of Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner?

by Mark Allan Williams July 16, 2024September 11, 2025

Mark Allan Williams writes on Freedom Summer and the challenges obstructing the hopes Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner had for racial equality.

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Anti-CRT Efforts Put Forth In 49 States, Many Schools Threatened With Loss Of Funds

by Taifha Natalee Alexander April 10, 2023June 11, 2024

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Gov. Reeves Claims Critical Race Theory ‘Humiliates’ White People At Bill Signing

by Ashton Pittman March 14, 2022June 12, 2024

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UM Faculty, Student Bodies Reject Anti-CRT Efforts, Citing ‘Academic Freedom’

by Ashton Pittman February 23, 2022June 12, 2024

UM Law Student: Ridgeland Public Library Books Taught Me It Was OK to be Gay

by Nate SchumannJanuary 27, 2022February 16, 2026

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Black Mississippi Senators Walk Out As ‘CRT’ Bill Earns White Lawmakers’ Approval

by Ashton Pittman and Nick Judin January 21, 2022June 12, 2024

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Auditor Targets Anti-Racism Books in Mississippi Libraries: ‘A Cancer On Our Society’

by Ashton Pittman January 5, 2022June 12, 2024

The Hate They Censor: Purging KKK Truth and Angie Thomas to Bury Lessons of History

by Donna Ladd November 15, 2021June 12, 2024

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Opinion | Fear of a Black-Brown Planet: Pushing ‘Replacement Theory’ and Banning CRT to Save White Supremacy

by Xavier Sivels August 18, 2021June 12, 2024