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NAACP sues Mississippi over legislative redistricting plan
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is perpetuating a legacy of racial discrimination because...
Conservative News Site Slammed For 'Race-Baiting' Post About Nikki Haley
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA conservative website has been accused of racist dog-whistling after it posted a bizarre poll about...
Retired general speaks to Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy at annual USI luncheon
The Courier & Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoEVANSVILLE — A packed audience gathered Monday at the University of Southern Indiana to honor the...
Revisiting Brown v. Board of Education’s Legacy in a New Era of Massive Resistance
Capital B via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoExactly 70 years after some of the greatest Black legal minds in the U.S. challenged racial...
Congressman praises heckling of war protesters, including 1 who made monkey gestures at Black woman
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month agoIsrael-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly this week when one...
Top Shreveport elections to watch: check them out here
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWho’s running for Shreveport Mayor in 2022? Here’s a list of candidates Ten candidates are campaigning for the office of Shreveport mayor in the 2022 election cycle. The primary elections will ...
Let’s Give Black World War II Vets What We Promised
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIn 1944 President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, popularly known as the G.I. Bill. The G.I. Bill doubled the...
On This Day, Feb. 12: Plane crashes into Buffalo, N.Y.-area home, killing 50
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOn Feb. 12, 2009, a Continental airlines turboprop commuter plane crashed into a house near Buffalo,...
Callie House, foremother of the reparations movement, deserves a posthumous pardon
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoEditor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read...
'Memphis Massacre' focus of pilot episode of new series as 'Who We Are' project expands
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA longtime public defender turned full-time public advocate for open and honest discussions about...