Hezekiah Watkins was only 13 years old when he was arrested with several other Freedom Riders at a Greyhound Bus Station for “breach of peace.”
The Emmett Till Interpretive Center purchased the barn after a $1.5 million donation from “Bridgerton” and “Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes.
The Leland High School shooting was the deadliest of several shooting incidents that occurred last weekend during homecoming celebrations.
The Mississippi shootings occurred while several schools celebrated their homecoming weekend. In total, 8 people died, and many others were injured.
The family of Trey Reed has called for an independent investigation and autopsy into Reed's death after he was found hanging from a tree.
Demartravion "Trey" Reed was found hanging at Delta State University; Cory Zukatis was found hanging near Ameristar Casino in Vicksburg.
A federal judge has ordered Mississippi to redraw its Supreme Court election map, finding that the current map unfairly weakens the voting power of Black voters living in the state's Central district.
An updated version of a 1974 history textbook titled 'Mississippi: Conflict and Change: A New Edition' is being released.
Mississippi’s ban on DEI in schools and colleges has been criticized for its vague language and severe potential consequences for violating it.
Black man Reginald Butler was arrested after shooting a white man who attacked him in Adams County, Mississippi.
Mississippi’s DEI ban would withhold funding from any K-12 or postsecondary school that is found to have multiple violations of the ban.
A white man walked into a bar in Mississippi and started yelling the n-word at Black patrons. Police are investigating his subsequent beating as a hate crime.