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Helen Keller and Harper Lee spoke powerful truths
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs a white youth in segregation era Alabama, I had a passion for reading. It was passed down to me, as Alabamians say, from my grandmother. Several...
The 44 Percent: statues, investigation of CBP agents in Del Rio & Quinta Brunson
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoDid you know about the statues in the U.S. Capitol? Here’s how they got there. In 1864, the United...
Will Mississippi be the next state to remove Confederate statues from U.S. Capitol?
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEach U.S. state is allowed to place two statues of people “illustrious for their historic renown” or...
Mississippi leaders hesitant to replace white supremacists statues in Washington
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 27—JACKSON — Legislative leaders are noncommittal or hesitant to advance legislation that replaces Mississippi two statues of white supremacists in the U.S. Capitol. House Rules Committee ...
Reeves silent on U.S. Senate letter asking about changing Mississippi's statues in Washington
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 15—JACKSON — While state lawmakers were passionately debating if Mississippi should scrap its official flag that displayed a Confederate emblem, a U.S. senator asked state leaders if they ...
Touring Congress was no easy feat, plan ahead and catch these sites
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOne lesson I learned on my recent travels to Washington D.C., is that when you want to visit a...