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On This Day, June 15: Great Smoky Mountains National Park established
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoIn 2007, a Mississippi jury convicted a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, James Ford Seale, in the...
1964 Civil Rights Act Fast Facts – KION546
KION 46 Salinas· 15 hours agoLimited Civil Rights Acts were passed in in 1957 and 1960. As a result of the 1957 Act, the United States Commission on Civil Rights was created. The act...
Former police officer sentenced for making an arrestee lick urine off the holding cell floor
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA former Mississippi police officer was sentenced to a year behind bars followed by a year of...
Mississippi Free Press Awards Tally: 79 Honors for Work Since March 2020
Mississippi Free Press· 17 hours agoAs of June 2024 our team has 79 national and U.S. regional awards and finalist nods since we...
Today in History: June 12, 49 killed in Pulse nightclub shooting
The Bulletin· 3 days agoToday is Wednesday, June 12, the 164th day of 2024. On June 12, 2016, a gunman opened fire at the...
Reverend James Lawson, civil rights activist and nonviolent protest pioneer dies at 95
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 days agoLawson was the divinity school’s first Black student accepted, until he got expelled for helping...
American history turned upside down — and that’s the point - Roll Call
CQ Politics· 2 days agoNow politicians are standing proudly as they try to co-opt the language and history of the Civil...
Today in History
The Ponca City News· 3 days agoToday is the 164th day of 2024 and the 86th day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in Jackson, Mississippi.
Events happening this weekend in Mississippi: June 14-16
WJTV Jackson· 21 hours agoJACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Take some time to unwind with friends, family or yourself this weekend....
‘The Fall of Roe’ Is More Than An Account Of History. It’s A Warning About The Future.
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“But I do think the Court could say, ‘Parental rights are fundamental rights.’” This far-right...
