Studying Whiteness, Poli Sci and Humanity Changed My Path, Shaped Publications
You may know that I grew up in Mississippi, but left the day after I got my political-science degree from Mississippi State University. I hightailed
You may know that I grew up in Mississippi, but left the day after I got my political-science degree from Mississippi State University. I hightailed
“The state of Florida ignited a controversy when it released a set of 2023 academic standards that require fifth graders to be taught that enslaved Black people in the U.S. ‘developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their benefit,'” Rodney Coates writes.
Visit Jackson has organized a weekend of events that memorialize the life and legacy of Emmett Till on the 68th anniversary of his historic murder.
“I know, the song is ‘art,’ and art is supposed to activate the right brain, the one that doesn’t analyze and judge, but here are some left-brain questions: Which small town? And where? In what time of history? And who exactly is ‘our own?'” Richard Conville writes.
FedEx has fired D’Monterrio Gibson, the Black driver who alleged that two white men chased and shot at him while he was making deliveries in Brookhaven, Miss., in January 2022.
“It’s my belief that revealing the dark history of medical racism is key to making sure that past injustices do not recur,” Deion Scott Hawkins writes.
Jonathan Odell writes that HGTV home-rehabilitation show “Home Town” sweeps Laurel’s racist past and gentrified present under the rug.
The judge hearing a case involving two white men accused of shooting at a Black FedEx delivery driver has ended in a mistrial in Lincoln County, Miss., after a Brookhaven Police officer withheld evidence from the prosecution and defense.
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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