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Fed Ex driver D'Monterrio Gibson speaking at a mic with four other men behind him.

News

FedEx Reinstates Pay For Black Driver Who Alleged White Men Chased, Shot At Him

FedEx has reinstated pay for D’Monterrio Gibson, a Black FedEx driver who said two white men chased and shot at him on his route in Lincoln County. The 24-year-old Utica native said the incident happened while he was making deliveries in Brookhaven, Miss., on Jan. 24. While recounting the story to the Mississippi Free Press last week, Gibson said FedEx had initially asked him to return to the route after the shooting. When he declined, the company placed him on unpaid leave.

Kayode Crown February 11, 2022

News

Black FedEx Driver Says White Men Chased, Shot At Him During Deliveries

A Black FedEx driver says he was making deliveries in Brookhaven, Miss., late last month when two white men assailed him, including one who allegedly fired multiple bullets into his delivery truck.

Ashton Pittman February 4, 2022

BWC

How and Why: Behind the Scenes of the ‘Black Women, Systemic Barriers, COVID-19’ Project

In this Jackson Advocate-Mississippi Free Press collaboration, the BWC Project team has spent a year planning, reporting, hosting solution circles of Black women and doing deep historic research on, so far, three counties. Our big, hairy goal is to show why COVID-19 initially affected Black women in our state harder than any other group including even Black men.

Donna Ladd November 1, 2021

Two Black women wearing TLC tshirts pose in the center of a small room wallpapered in newspaper pages

BWC

Black Noxubee County Women Struggle to Overcome Historic Inequities COVID-19 Exposed

Noxubee County mothers and educators, many of them resilient Black women, are determined to make it work and find solutions that their students and families deserve. But that is a challenge now, just as it was before the pandemic hit, due to long-term disparities and historic and intentional inequities that made the effects of the pandemic especially acute for the Black women of the county and their families.

Torsheta Jackson October 28, 2021

Lamar Smith and wife Annie Clark Holloway Smith

In-Depth

Buried Truth: Unresolved, Disregarded Lamar Smith Murder Haunts Lincoln County

Black businessman and voting-rights activist Lamar Smith arrived at the Lincoln County Courthouse on Aug. 13, 1955, as dozens of people milled about on the lawn. Walking up to the steps on the north side of the courthouse carrying his ballots, Smith encountered three white men who blocked his entry. Soon, he was lying on the ground dying from a gunshot wound. No one would help him.

Donna Ladd August 30, 2021

Grass blades around a short, rectangular tombstone for Lamar Smith, a World War I veteran and lynching victim in Brookhaven, Mississippi, in 1955

MFP Voices

Lynching at the Courthouse: Lamar Smith Deserves a Courthouse Marker in Brookhaven

Brookhaven, Miss., native Dick Scruggs was 9 when white men killed Black farm owner Lamar “Ditney” Smith due to his political organizing and campaign. Now, Scruggs wants a marker on the courthouse lawn where Smith died.

Dick Scruggs August 28, 2021

MFP Voices

Emmett Deserves Justice: A Light Must Shine on Grave Injustices to Black Americans

Sixty-six years later, and the fight for justice in Emmett Louis Till’s case continues and remains unsolved. Will there ever be justice? This dark spot in our history is painful enough, but to have our lawmakers and Justice Department silent on this is even more painful.

Duvalier Malone August 27, 2021

Black and white photo of Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till

MFP Voices

It’s Been 66 Years: Mississippi, U.S. Should Honor Emmett Till With A National Park

August 28, 2021 marks the 66th anniversary of Emmett Till’s gruesome murder in the Mississippi Delta. He would have turned 80 years old this year—just two years older than the current President of the United States. It is time for our region, state, and country to finally honor Emmett Till and his courageous mother with the creation of an Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Mississippi Delta Civil Rights National Historic Park.

Willie Williams and Patrick Weems August 26, 2021

Old Moss House (Ruins), Clinton, Hinds County, MS Enlarge

In-Depth

Clinton Massacre of 1875: Four Days of Violence Ushered in ‘Mississippi Plan’ to Halt Black Vote

Just over an hour into the speeches at Moss Hill, a shot rang out. It touched off four days of violence in which white vigilantes and local leaders murdered as many as 50 Black residents of Hinds County. Thus began the Clinton Massacre—terrorism that upended Hinds County and Mississippi. Here is the real story of what began on Sept. 4, 1875.

Jerri Bell August 4, 2021

FedEx Reinstates Pay For Black Driver Who Alleged White Men Chased, Shot At Him

Black FedEx Driver Says White Men Chased, Shot At Him During Deliveries

How and Why: Behind the Scenes of the ‘Black Women, Systemic Barriers, COVID-19’ Project

Black Noxubee County Women Struggle to Overcome Historic Inequities COVID-19 Exposed

Buried Truth: Unresolved, Disregarded Lamar Smith Murder Haunts Lincoln County

Lynching at the Courthouse: Lamar Smith Deserves a Courthouse Marker in Brookhaven

Emmett Deserves Justice: A Light Must Shine on Grave Injustices to Black Americans

It’s Been 66 Years: Mississippi, U.S. Should Honor Emmett Till With A National Park

Clinton Massacre of 1875: Four Days of Violence Ushered in ‘Mississippi Plan’ to Halt Black Vote

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