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Juneteenth means more than celebrations in Jackson. It's a time of reflection, commemoration
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoJohn Spann, The Mississippi Humanities Council Program and Outreach Officer, spoke at the event on...
What communities are doing about missing historical markers across the South
NPR· 5 days agoNANCY BERCAW: That's not something that you lightly ask a community to let go of. KIRKLAND: The new marker in Mississippi is bulletproof and surrounded ...
Mississippi Free Press Awards Tally: 79 Honors for Work Since March 2020
Mississippi Free Press· 5 days agoAs of June 2024 our team has 79 national and U.S. regional awards and finalist nods since we...
State to honor Lumbee Tribe with Historical Marker | Robesonian
The Robesonian· 2 days agoThe marker commemorating the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina will be dedicated at 3 p.m. July 1...Tribe of North Carolina is one of the largest American Indian tribes east ...
NPS open to suggestions on north Mississippi historical sites
WTVA· 3 days agoThere is time to get your voice in on a plan that preserves history and offers new places to get...
Review | ‘The Great River’ explores the beauty and power of the Mississippi
Washington Post· 6 days agoFor most Americans, the Mississippi River exists more as an idea than a real waterway. While driving...
Rest in Peace: Remembering Loren and Camille
KFDM Beaumont· 3 days agoFamily and friends have set up GoFundMe accounts to help with the expense of bringing home Loren Stacks and Camille Marti, and for funeral arrangements...
How the United States Laid Claim to the Mississippi River, One Mile at a Time
Smithsonian Magazine· 5 days agoOn October 27, 1815, Prospect Robbins arrived by boat at the point in the alluvial swamps where the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers meet. Both surveyors were veterans—Brown ...
UPDATE: Daphne man dies in multi-vehicle crash
WKRG via Yahoo News· 3 days agoUPDATE (10:40 P.M.): News 5 has learned that a Daphne man died in this multi-vehicle crash. Yancy David Baker, 44, was driving a 2017 Kia Sportage when...
A push to mark the buried history of ‘harrowing’ slave prisons near Busch Stadium
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 5 days agoThousands of people were once held in underground slave prisons in St. Louis, where Busch Stadium...
