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Serve the Warrant: Black Mississippi Leaders Must Demand Justice for The Murder of Emmett Till

Members of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation found an unserved 1955 warrant in the Leflore County Courthouse on June 21, 2022, for the arrest of suspects in the kidnapping and murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till. Leflore County native Dr. Emmitt Y. Riley III calls for accountability from District Attorney DeWayne Richardson and other Black political leaders, demanding them to “open a new investigation and finally move toward justice for Emmett Till.”

Dr. Emmitt Riley July 11, 2022

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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.

Kent Moorhead January 4, 2021

Aunjanue Ellis poses outside under a banana plant tree wearing a pink dress and a bold African patterned shawl

Culture

Aunjanue Ellis: ‘To Be a Southern, Black Woman from Mississippi Is to Be Well Fed’

“Lovecraft Country” star Aunjanue Ellis has a busy acting career but chooses to live and work for change in her native Mississippi. The McComb native draws inspiration from Fannie Lou Hamer, who said, “Never forget where we came from and always remember the bridges that carried us over.”

Aliyah Veal December 4, 2020

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‘Get on Board, Little Children’: Civil Rights Heritage Is Mississippi’s Next Tourism Movement

This is an opportune time for us to work together to shed light on little known civil-rights people and places, to record oral histories of activists still living in our communities, and to explore collaborative proposals for national funding opportunities.

Dr. Rolando Herts November 12, 2020