Jan. 1, 1960 Jackie Robinson with the Brppklyn Dodgers, 1954. Credit: Photo by Bob Sandberg (Courtesy: Library of Congress) Nearly 1,000 Black protesters marched 10 miles...
Mississippi Today’s Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison, Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance preview the 2024 legislative session. They discuss major issues to watch for during the 120-day...
The best job security in Mississippi might be winning an election, or in some instances appointment, to one of the down-ticket statewide offices. The seven down-ticket...
Dec. 31, 1970 Black family arriving in Chicago in 1920 Credit: The New York Public Library photograph Between 1916 and 1970, more than 6 million Black...
Dec. 30, 1875 Mississippi state senator Charles Caldwell was assassinated by a mob of white men in Clinton, just west of the state’s capital in Jackson. The...
The Mississippi River drains more than 40% of the continental U.S. – just how much trash does it take along with it? That’s what a group...
In the early 1930s, Mississippi had over 300,000 farmers, the most ever recorded for the state in federal census records. The last survey, from 2017, listed...
Rev. Charlton Johnson only joined Together for Hope as leader of its Delta region in September, but he began thinking about Medicaid expansion long before that....
As Marquise Tillman led deputies on a high-speed chase through rural Mississippi in March 2019, Sheriff Todd Kemp issued a blunt order over the radio: “Shut...
All Mississippi appellate judges up for reelection in 2024 plan to seek another term on the state’s two highest courts. Four justices on the Mississippi Supreme...