On this day in 1967 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 27, 2023 FEBRUARY 27, 1967 Natchez police and agents from the FBI inspect the truck...
On this day in 1870 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 25, 2023 FEBRUARY 25, 1870 The swearing in of Hiram Revels Two days after Mississippi...
On this day in 1929 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 23, 2023 FEBRUARY 23, 1929 Elston Howard, a nine-time All-Star, became the first African-American to...
On this day in 1898 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 22, 2023 FEBRUARY 22, 1898 This South Carolina historical marker was erected on the site...
On this day in 2017 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 20, 2023 FEBRUARY 20, 2017 Trailblazing engineer Raye Montague On Good Morning America, the actresses...
On this day in 1923 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 19, 2023 FEBRUARY 19, 1923 Elaine Defendants, Helena, Phillips County, Ark., ca. 1910 In Moore...
On this day in 1965 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 18, 2023 FEBRUARY 18, 1965 John Lewis, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Dr. Martin Luther King,...
On this day in 1848 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 15, 2023 FEBRUARY 15, 1848 Excluded from school, Anti-Slavery Almanac, 1839, p. 13 Sarah Roberts,...
On this day in 1879 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 14, 2023 FEBRUARY 14, 1879 Blanche Kelso Bruce Blanche Kelso Bruce became the first Black...
On this day in 1900 by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today February 12, 2023 FEBRUARY 12, 1900 Portrait of James Weldon Johnson Five hundred Black students at...