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FOCUS: H.B. 1020 • LGBTQ+ • #MSWelfare/TANF Scandal • Jackson Water • Abortion • Race & Racism • 2023 Elections • Voting
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No More Confetti for Racist Forefathers: A White Man Learns From ‘The 1619 Project’

Former Mississippi art teacher and “Justice for Emmett Till” advocate Sonny Strauss shares his journey of digging into his own ancestry, where he learned that his ancestors were some of the first wealthy, white, slave-owning individuals in Virginia.

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Sonny Strauss August 16, 2023
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The Work of Decolonizing A Neglected Historic Black Cemetery in Starkville

Dr. Jordan Lynton Cox, an assistant professor of cultural anthropology and Middle Eastern studies at Mississippi State University, is leading a cohort of young researchers as they uncover the roots of the Brush Arbor Cemetery.

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Heather Harrison August 14, 2023
Michael Jenkins at a press conference about injuries allegedly from a Rankin County deputy sheriff
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The ‘Goon Squad’ Torture of Eddie Parker And Michael Jenkins Cries For An Uncomfortable Reckoning

The torture of Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker in Rankin County cannot be ignored “if fundamental justice is at all a goal,” Russ Latino writes.

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Russ Latino August 11, 2023
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First Black Republican Elected To Mississippi House Since Reconstruction

A Black Republican will sit in the Mississippi House when the Legislature reconvenes next January for the first time in 130 years after voters in Tuesday’s GOP primary selected Rodney Hall to represent House District 20.

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Ashton Pittman August 10, 2023
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Mississippi’s Lifetime Felony Voting Ban Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Rules

Mississippi’s lifetime voting ban for people convicted of certain crimes, a relic of the State’s 1890 Jim Crow laws, violates the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled Friday morning.

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Ashton Pittman August 4, 2023
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Six White Officers Plead Guilty After Torturing Black Men In Rankin County

Six white Rankin County, Miss., law enforcement officers accused of beating and assaulting two Black men, Michael Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker, pleaded guilty to 13 federal civil rights charges in federal court Thursday.

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Heather Harrison August 4, 2023
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What the U.S. Can Learn From Affirmative Action At Universities In Brazil

“We found that race-targeted policies were associated with a significant increase in Black students, whereas race-neutral policies didn’t affect the percentage of Black, mixed and Indigenous Brazilian students in college,” Neil Lewis Jr., Inácio Bó and Rodrigo Zeidan write.

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Neil Lewis Jr., Inácio Bó and Rodrigo Zeidan August 1, 2023
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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
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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
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