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US Judge Neal Biggers Jr., who ruled on funding for Black universities in Mississippi, laid to rest
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFuneral services were held on Wednesday, October 25, for longtime U.S. District Judge Neal Brooks...
Medgar Evers receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, country’s highest civilian honor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoAt her husband’s funeral in 1963, Myrlie Evers heard NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins declare,...
Famed HBCU coach, architect of the ‘Satellite Express’ that launched Jerry Rice, has died
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo Sports· 1 month agoLegendary college football coach Archie Cooley Jr. has died. Cooley, who coached for more than 40...
Candlelight vigil for Ohio freshman hit by vehicle, in critical condition
WHIO via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA candlelight vigil was held on Sunday in honor of a Lakota East freshman who was seriously injured...
1 man, 1 woman dead after murder-suicide shooting on Belvedere Drive in Jackson, police say
Gannett via AOL· 1 month agoEDITOR'S NOTE: This story deals with mental health issues and you can find information about help for mental health issue at the bottom of the story. One man and one woman are dead after a Saturday ...
Andy Stoglin, who coached Jackson State basketball to two NCAA Tournaments, dies at 81
Gannett via AOL· 2 weeks agoAndy Stoglin, a former Jackson State men’s basketball coach, died Monday, his daughter, Stephanie...
This Civil Rights legend was a veteran of World War II France
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMedgar Evers grave, Arlington National Cemetery, 2007. For some of us, Medgar Evers sounds like just...
'This hurt runs so deep': Community channels anger over Sade Robinson's death into action
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDashod Crutchfield did not know 19-year-old homicide victim Sade Carleena Robinson. But he knows...
Myrlie Evers Reflects on Husband's Assassination 60 Years Later: ‘I Would've Taken Those Bullets'...
People via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIn this week’s issue of PEOPLE, the 90-year-old civil rights icon opens up about her life-changing...