Roland Martin talks with Ken Sullivan about he and his colleague’s recent work that led to Mississippi officially ratifying the 13th Amendment.
JACKSON, Miss. — Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War can be an angst-filled task in Mississippi, with its long history of racial strife…
Mississippi is a state long recognized for it’s systemic and systematic racism and bigotry, particularly towards Black Americans. The findings by the Mississippi Department of…
JACKSON, Miss. — A predominantly white Mississippi church has apologized for its refusal to allow a black couple to marry in its sanctuary, though the…
Actor Morgan Freeman and his business partner are ending their 10-year run as owners of an upscale restaurant in the heart of the impoverished Mississippi Delta. Freeman’s partner, attorney Bill Luckett, said that Madidi Restaurant in Clarksdale would have its closing party Wednesday night, reports AP. In separate statements, Luckett and Freeman said the restaurant […]
A black man in Mississippi was beaten by a group of white teenagers and crushed by a pickup truck – and it was caught on tape, police said. “This was a crime of hate,” Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith told CNN. “The evidence will show that.” Authorities say James Craig Anderson was targeted […]
