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How Mississippi’s Jim Crow laws still haunt Black voters today
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoCharles Caldwell was never meant to have a voice. Mississippi’s White ruling class made sure of it....
Jim Crow Is Resurrected in Mississippi
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/ReutersEarlier this month, white representatives in the Mississippi House approved a bill to create...
Ex-rep slams Mississippi’s cops, court plan as “Jim Crow 2.0”
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Efforts by the majority-white Mississippi Legislature to create courts with...
What is happening in Mississippi?
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoOPINION: Police misconduct, a welfare scandal and a water crisis in the state's majority-Black capital city are among the many challenges Black...
Black voters are making the Mississippi governor’s race more competitive. How will they use that...
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIn 1964, Flonzie Brown-Wright, then 22, attempted to register to vote for the first time as a Black...
Mississippi legislators won’t smooth the path this year to restore voting rights after some felonies
theGrio via AOL· 2 months agoMississippi’s original list of disenfranchising crimes springs from the Jim Crow era JACKSON, Miss....
Who should vote in Mississippi? New laws will place hardships on workers, voters. See why
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoVoting is an issue that continues to plague Mississippi’s moral conscience. Today, we face a...
Mississippi senator wants old Confederate state flag back because ‘our people fought and died under...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA Republican state senator wants Mississippi to re-adopt its old, Confederate-themed state flag,...
Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré: All politics is local, except in Mississippi
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMississippi’s white legislature is deliberately taking authority, assets and resources from a...
Lizzo Reminds Fans of Three Big Issues Happening ‘As We Speak’
Billboard via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLizzo is once again using her platform to speak out about important issues. This time, she’s...