Posts Tagged ‘Mississippi’
How One Woman Landed in Jail Over a Fight to Protect Her Family’s Land
One woman’s personal family research helped her identity roots — and land that rightfully belonged to her family — in other states.
Read MoreNolan Wells’ Parent Say Goodbye to Son in Heartbreaking Funeral
Wells’ family has navigated their grief while looking for answers from authorities and being harrassed online.
Read MoreCrump, Sharpton Demand Answers in Nolan Wells Case
Activists and leaders are speaking out about the mysterious death of a young Black man that hasn’t received the attention it deserves.
Read MoreChild dead after officer-involved shooting at Senatobia Walmart, community reacts
The police fired into the car, killing the child and injuring an adult, after responding to a claim of alleged shoplifting at the store.
Read MoreBarn Where White Men Murdered Emmett Till to Be Preserved as a ‘Reverent, Sacred Site’
The Emmett Till Interpretive Center announced the purchase, made possibly by a donation, from the property’s previous white owner.
Read MoreA Portrait of an Enslaved Man Hung in a Mansion for Over a Century. His Story Is Finally Emerging
For years, the portrait was at the estate where the subject was enslaved, but it now is displayed at the Mississippi Museum of Art.
Read MoreHundreds gather to mourn Trey Reed at Delta State vigil after his tragic death
Students who attended the vigil to support the campus community shared that while they were glad people could come together, they still had questions about what happened on their campus.
Read MoreBlack Student Found Hanging At Mississippi’s Delta State University
Reed is one of two men to have been recently found hanging in Mississippi, leaving residents uneasy even though his death was ruled a suicide.
Read MoreAfter being hidden away from public view, the gun used to kill Emmett Till is now on display
The gun is now on display at the Museum of Mississippi History & Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson.
Read MoreInside HIV Activists’ Plan To Save Lives as Trump Guts Federal Funding
Cedric Sturdevant founded Community Health PIER to reduce health disparities in the Mississippi Delta in the wake of HIV funding cuts.
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