The KKK Bombed Jackson’s Beth Israel in 1967. It Just Received Another Threat.
Beth Israel in Jackson, Miss., canceled services after someone emailed the synagogue a bomb threat on Dec. 17, 2023.
Beth Israel in Jackson, Miss., canceled services after someone emailed the synagogue a bomb threat on Dec. 17, 2023.
JACKSON, Miss.—When Naomi Green reflects on her time as a student at Jackson State University, she says she wishes she had observed more proactive conversations
D’Monterrio Gibson, a former FedEx driver, has filed a $5 million lawsuit against his former employer and the two white men he alleges chased him down and shot at him while he was making deliveries in Brookhaven, Miss., almost two years ago. FedEx fired Gibson in July.
Rev. Al Sharpton called for prosecutions of any Jackson police officers involved in the death of Dexter Wade while giving a eulogy at his funeral.
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the Lexington, Miss., Police Department amid allegations of misconduct.
After searching for her missing son Dexter Wade for months, JPD told Bettersten Wade an officer had struck and killed him six months earlier.
“When it comes to media coverage of violence, white victims matter more. Prove me wrong. Seriously,” Donna Ladd writes.
The Black family of Harry Mitchell has waited 32 years for the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department to solve his 1991 cold case murder.
The Black family of Harry Mitchell, murdered in Lafayette County, Mississippi, in 1991 wants justice after decades of being ignored.
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