On this day in 1963 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today March 15, 2023 MARCH 15, 1963 The Mississippi State University basketball team slipped out of town...
On this day in 1933 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today March 14, 2023 MARCH 14, 1933 Quincy Jones Quincy Jones was born in Chicago. His trumpet...
On this day in 1959 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today March 11, 2023 MARCH 11, 1959 A Raisin in the Sun, the first Broadway play written...
On this day in 1903 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today March 10, 2023 MARCH 10, 1903 Black leaders gathered at the First Baptist Church in Little...
On this day in 1912 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today March 9, 2023 MARCH 9, 1912 Charlotta Bass became the first African-American woman to own and...
On this day in 1977 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today March 8, 2023 MARCH 8, 1977 Henry L. Marsh III became the first Black mayor of...
On this day in 1857 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today March 6, 2023 MARCH 6, 1857 Portrait of Dred Scott In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the...
On this day in 1770 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today March 5, 2023 MARCH 5, 1770 “Crispus Attucks,” by Herschel Levit, mural at the Recorder of...
On this day in 1908 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today March 4, 2023 MARCH 4, 1908 Dr. T.R.M. Howard, center, escorts the family of Emmett Till,...
On this day in 1950 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 28, 2023 FEBRUARY 28, 1950 Mary Church Terrell successfully battled to end racial discrimination in...