Historic landmarks within the capital city help demonstrate Black History’s impact in Mississippi. The Two Mississippi ...

For the second consecutive time, the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson has been nominated for the best history ... the events of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement from World War II ...

To people who happen to be admirers of Spanish Civil War literature, Jackson as the headquarters of the Mississippi Summer Project is likely to conjure up visions of Madrid as the capital of the ...

For the second consecutive time, The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson has been nominated ... Civil Rights Movement from World War II through 1975. The museum also embraces complex ...

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi ... after the Civil War, white politicians ...

U.S. Steel mines iron ore in Minnesota and sends it across Lake Superior on freighters a thousand feet long. At Sault Ste.

His non-violent protests, including his “March Against Fear” from Memphis to Jackson ... latest Mississippi news delivered to your inbox on weekday mornings. Sign up for The Today, our daily ...

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Important battles, such as the Siege of Vicksburg, were fought in Mississippi. Because of its strategic position along the Mississippi River, the state was important to both sides during the American ...

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson ... the Civil War, white politicians in southern states created multiple holidays to honor Confederate leaders and dead Confederate soldiers. Alabama lawmakers in 1901 named ...

(AP) — The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E.