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President Biden shown surrounded by clapping officials after the signing of a proclamation regarding Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley
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‘Our Highest Hope’: Emmett Till National Monument Follows Decades of Efforts

President Joe Biden honored Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley with the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Monument.

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Heather Harrison July 26, 2023
Black and white photo of Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till
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Biden Establishing Emmett Till, Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument

President Joe Biden will designate a national monument in honor of Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley across three sites in Mississippi and Illinois.

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Ashton Pittman July 24, 2023
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch speaks during the March for Life rally
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Mississippi Attorney General Wants Info On Out-of-State Abortions, Gender-Affirming Care

Mississippi authorities need access to information about residents who obtain abortions or gender-affirming care in other states, Attorney General Lynn Fitch told the Biden administration in a June 16 letter.

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Ashton Pittman July 14, 2023
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Vice President Kamala Harris, Guests Lift Up Business Needs in Mississippi Delta

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. 

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Grace Marion April 5, 2022
a photo of VP Harris speaking in the Rose Garden next to president Biden and Michelle Duster
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‘Lynching Is Not A Relic of The Past’: Biden Signs Emmett Till Antilynching Bill Into Law

On Tuesday, 124 years after Ida B. Wells-Barnett first visited the White House to campaign for a federal antilynching law, her efforts finally paid off as her great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster, stood next to President Joe Biden while he signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law.

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Ashton Pittman March 30, 2022
Civil rights activists, from left, Bob Moses, Dave Dennis, Rita Schwerner Bender, Leroy Clemons, Myrlie Evers-Williams and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga
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Continue Bob Moses’ ‘Unfinished Work’ With Voting Rights Bills, Biden Tells Congress

Congress should honor Bob Moses, the longtime voting rights leader who died Sunday at age 86, by continuing his work to protect voting rights, President Joe Biden said in a statement late Monday. Moses, a Harlem, N.Y., native, moved to the deep south in the early 1960s to lead voter-registration efforts in Jim Crow Mississippi.

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Ashton Pittman July 27, 2021
George Floyd holds his daughter, Gianna
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‘The Verdict Is Just, But It Is Not Justice’: Mississippi Reacts to Conviction In Floyd Murder

Soon after a jury convicted Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin today for his brother’s murder, Philonise Floyd’s voice cracked and tears welled in his eyes as he thought of a 13-year-old boy from Chicago whom two white men brutally murdered while he was visiting family in Mississippi 66 years ago.

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Ashton Pittman April 20, 2021
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Mississippi Bans Shackling of Pregnant Inmates, Ends Child Visitation Limits

The Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act bans Mississippi prisons from shackling pregnant women and expands visitation rights for minor children.

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Ashton Pittman April 19, 2021
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith speaks at a podium with Republican women behind her
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Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Calls Equal Rights Amendment a ‘Divisive’ Ploy for Abortion Rights

Mississippi’s first woman senator is decrying renewed efforts to enact the Equal Rights Amendment, which would enshrine equality for women in the U.S. Constitution.

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Ashton Pittman April 8, 2021
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