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Black Lexington Plaintiffs Seek Restraining Order Against Police for ‘Harassment, Coercion, and Threatening Conduct’

A lawsuit filed Aug. 16, 2022, accused Lexington Police Department of violating the constitutional rights of Black citizens.

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Kayode Crown August 17, 2022
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Culture

New Advocacy Institute at Tougaloo College to Train Voting-Rights Activists

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. 

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Aliyah Veal May 9, 2022
Culture

From a Black Church to the ‘Caboose’ Jail: Itta Bena Memorializing Civil Rights Activism

The “Breaking Bread” Itta Bena project encourages unity and communication between Mississippi Valley State University and the Itta Bena community.

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Aliyah Veal March 14, 2022
Culture

A Pilgrim of Sorrow: Fuller Story of Fannie Lou Hamer Told in New Documentary  

The speeches, songs and interviews of Fannie Lou Hamer are available for the world to witness in “Fannie Lou Hamer’s America,” a new documentary film that opened the 10th season of “America Reframed” on PBS on Feb. 22.

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Aliyah Veal March 3, 2022
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Activist Mulls FedEx Boycott for Treatment of Black Worker Chased and Fired On in Brookhaven

Many are comparing the Jan. 24, 2020, alleged chase and shooting that D’Monterrio Gibson reported facing at the hands of two white men in Brookhaven, Miss., with the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery on Feb. 15, 2020, in Brunswick, Ga., by a white father-and-son duo and a neighbor. 

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Kayode Crown February 15, 2022
MFP Voices

Three Women Changing the System: Victoria Gray and the Politics of the Possible

Victoria Gray challenged John C. Stennis for his U.S. Senate seat during Freedom Summer 1964, running as part of a party she helped found to challenge the then-all-white Democratic Party that opposed voting rights for Black Mississippians.

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Kent Moorhead January 4, 2021

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