Posts Tagged ‘Mississippi’
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt: 2nd Screening
Raven Jackson’s feature debut is a richly-layered ode to generations of people and places, tracing decades of a woman’s life in Mississippi. With the luxuriating pace of a summer evening, the film allows audiences to linger on ideas of grief, longing, and memory all while gazing on luminously lensed visuals. Jackson is one to watch.
Read MoreA Mississippi Civil War memorial now includes more Black military history
Thanks to the efforts of a historian at the Vicksburg National Military Park, Black Union soldiers have not been given proper honors.
Read MoreDexter Wade, buried without his family’s knowledge, had ID on him with his home address, lawyer says
Dexter Wade, the man who was killed by a Jackson police cruiser and buried in a pauper’s grave, did in fact have identification on his person, according to the family’s lawyer.
Read MoreMississippi Senate OKs bill affecting majority-Black city
Mississippi’s Republican-led Senate voted Tuesday to pass a bill appointing white judges inside the majority-Black capital city of Jackson.
Read MoreLawsuit seeks white woman’s arrest in Emmett Till’s 1955 kidnapping, lynching
Family members of Emmett Till are demanding the arrest of Caroline Bryant, the woman whose accusation led to the boy’s lynching.
Read MoreBlack lawmakers cite racism as Missouri House OKs crime bill
As Missouri Republicans crack down on crime, some lawmakers and citizens wonder about racial motivations for these bills.
Read MoreMaternal deaths and disparities increase in Mississippi
A recent news conference drew attention to the health disparities faced by pregnant Black women in Mississippi.
Read MoreA White Father and Son Allegedly Tried to Kill a Black FedEx Driver. Did Cops Go Easy on Them?
These care against two white men who harassed and assaulted a FedEx driver earlier this year may not have been investigated properly.
Read MoreSTEM Is the Future. So How Do We Get More Black Kids Involved?
A grant allowed principal Alicia Conerly to engage her students with STEM, but not every Black child has that opportunity.
Read More‘Change has come’: Mississippi unveils Emmett Till statue
Greenwood Mississippi is now the home of a statue dedicated to Emmett Till, a boy who was murdered near the statue’s home.
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