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Confederate monuments remain 'politically charged' in MS as forum tackles issue
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe Mississippi state flag has changed, no longer bearing the Confederate battle flag. That doesn't...
Biden to approve national monument honoring Emmett Till, a Black teenager lynched in Mississippi
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPresident Joe Biden will establish a monument to honor Emmett Till, a Black teenager who was...
Hopefully, Till monuments will survive the test of time
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWay down in Amite County in the hamlet of Liberty, adjacent to the “Charlie Gordon Building,” once...
For Till's family, national monument cements his inclusion in the American story
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 9 months agoEmmett Till's name is now enshrined as a national treasure. The Black teenager who was tortured and...
Byron De La Beckwith convicted on this date in 1994 in Medgar Evers assassination
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 3 months agoByron De La Beckwith was convicted of killing civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers on February 5,...
Story of Emmett Till's murder a starting point in Mississippi's story of racial division
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe most renowned facet of Mississippi’s history is our racial divide. This state is more well known...
Emmett Till honored with statue in Mississippi community
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJACKSON (AP) — A Mississippi community with an elaborate Confederate monument plans to unveil a...
What is the deep sea like?
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThis April 24, 2016, image made available by NOAA shows a bioluminescent jellyfish during a deepwater exploration of the Marianas Trench Marine National...
The Mill Street Bridge is open after more than a year of construction. See details
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 month agoStanding in the rain on a Monday afternoon, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba held a press...
Grocery store in West Jackson plans to close. Here's what you need to know
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 12 months ago"When I come to make groceries during the week, I don't just make them for myself; I make them for...