Two hundred and fifty Black students attempted to integrate Grenada, Mississippi schools on September 12, 1966. This decision came 12 years after the Supreme Court landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling held racially-segregated public schooling unconstitutional, but the city of Grenada, Mississippi, hadn’t stopped operating a segregated school system. In August 1966, a federal […]
Residents in Tupelo, Mississippi were alerted Saturday morning about a pilot who threatened to crash into a local Walmart. The Tupelo Police Department released a statement on Sept. 3, saying the pilot had alerted emergency responders about their intentions. Police said the pilot is possibly operating a small King Air type aircraft, flying over the northeast […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — In Mississippi’s capital, emergency officials are going to distribute bottled water to residents, a local university is using temporary restrooms for students and people who do have water are boiling it to wash dishes as a longstanding water crisis exacerbated by recent flooding is causing low-water pressure problems. Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves late […]
Earlier this week Airbnb removed listings of properties that enslaved people used to live. This comes days after a TikTok user went viral after talking about a “slave cabin” listing in Mississippi that was shown on the website as a bed-and breakfast. Wynton Yates, a lawyer from New Orleans criticized the company posting screen grabs […]
“I spoke to this issue several months ago, and still to no avail, and it’s bothering me. Gov. Reeves, can you help me with this issue,” Sanders asked in a video. “How is it fathomable that our refund checks for our kids are consistently late but the checks for the administrators are consistently on time?” […]
The audio also included the use of homophobic slurs was provided by Robert Lee Hooker, a former Lexington officer who resigned from the department last month, alleging “a toxic work environment.” Hooker reportedly gave the audio to the civil rights organization JULIAN; the group’s paralegal Cardell Wright described Dobbins’ comments as “appalling, racist, hateful and […]
A teenager is being heralded for his bravery after risking his life to save four people from drowning in the Pascagoula River in Mississippi. One of the victims said the boy saved her life right before she took her “last breath.” Chief Brandon Ashley of the Moss Point Police Department said 16-year-old Corion Evans jumped […]
Black father, son and daughter all earning master’s degrees in education from Mississippi State University MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) — A father and his two children have graduated together from a branch of Mississippi State University, each earning a master’s degree in education. Commondre Cole, son Ja’Coby Cole and daughter Iesha Gully were among the 153 […]
15-Year-Old Boy Discovered Over a Week After He Jumped Into The Mississippi River To Save His Girlfriend. The Girl and Her 8-year-old sister who attempted to help are still missing A Louisiana teenager’s body was found after he tired to save his girlfriend from drowning in the heavy currents of the Mississippi River have been […]
Black protestors organized a nonviolent protest and walked onto Biloxi Beach on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast in order to have a “wade-in” challenging the segregated beach area. The protest took place on April 26, 1960 when Black activists were met by a group of angry white people who told them to leave the beach. Once the […]