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Venomous snakes in Mississippi: Here's how to identify them
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn Mississippi, you don't need to look outside to know it's spring. All you need to do is look at...
State penitentiary at Parchman has an interesting past. What will be its future?
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFew institutional buildings in Mississippi, whether bastions of higher learning, chambers of...
What would a museum dedicated to Black farmers look like? This Mississippi woman knows
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGenerations of Black farmers in the Delta have suffered under the weight of racial discrimination...
Hollis Watkins, jailed repeatedly fighting segregation in Mississippi, dies at 82
theGrio via AOL· 8 months agoIn 1961, Watkins became one of the first Mississippi residents to work for the Student Nonviolent...
Federal aid coming to the Mississippi Delta after tornado kills dozens
theGrio via AOL· 1 year ago“How anybody survived is unknown by me,” one Mississippi resident says President Joe Biden issued an...
The reproductive-rights battle is never-ending. In Iowa and elsewhere, there is hope.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 6 months agoI come from a long line of storytellers. Black women who hail from the South. Women who have been...
Emmett Till honored with statue in Mississippi community
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoGREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi community with an elaborate Confederate monument plans to...
5 things to know for May 17: Trump trial, Southern storms, Middle East, Immigration, Marijuana
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoA giant planet as fluffy as cotton candy has been spotted about 1,200 light-years from Earth....
Before ‘Brown,’ the U.S. Had 100 Black Boarding Schools. Now, There Are 4
The 74 via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAbout 20 miles south of Jackson, Mississippi, sits one of the last Black boarding schools in the...
These 37 Republicans Voted Against a Bill to Protect Same-Sex Marriage
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- The Respect for Marriage Act, which would protect the right of same-sex couples to...