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Voting Rights Groups File Lawsuit Accusing Mississippi Supreme Court of Diluting Black Voter Rights

Jeroslyn JohnsonApril 28, 2022April 28, 2022

by Jeroslyn JohnsonApril 28, 2022April 28, 2022128

Mississippi's Supreme Court is being called out in a lawsuit over the state's voting maps that seemingly work to dilute the voices of Black voters....

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Black FedEx Driver Shot at By Two White Men in Pickup Truck in Mississippi

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonFebruary 8, 2022February 9, 2022

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonFebruary 8, 2022February 9, 202254787

Two white men in a pickup truck were charged with shooting at a 24-year-old Black FedEx driver as he was delivering packages in Brookhaven, Mississippi....

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Meet The Black Woman Behind Delta State University’s First ‘World Afro Day’

Atiya JordanJanuary 26, 2022January 26, 2022

by Atiya JordanJanuary 26, 2022January 26, 20222455

After learning about a Black women's natural hair struggles on Twitter, Phiandrea Pruitt, a senior social work major at Delta State University, was determined to bring...

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Black Lawmakers Stage Walkout As Mississippi Senate Bans Critical Race Theory In Schools

Tai Saint-LouisJanuary 23, 2022January 23, 2022

by Tai Saint-LouisJanuary 23, 2022January 23, 2022516

Black state senators in Mississippi withheld their votes and walked out of a legislative session as lawmakers passed a new bill banning critical race theory...

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Mississippi Police Officer Responds to Call and Discovers the Shooting Victim is Her Own Son

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJanuary 5, 2022January 5, 2022

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJanuary 5, 2022January 5, 20223211

A police officer in Mississippi who was responding to a call reporting a shooting arrived to discover that the victim was her 20-year-old son....

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Mississippi Newborn Becomes Orphan After Both Parents Die From COVID-19

Jeroslyn JohnsonAugust 18, 2021August 19, 2021

by Jeroslyn JohnsonAugust 18, 2021August 19, 20213568

An anonymous newborn baby girl in the state of Mississippi has been left orphaned after losing both of her parents to COVID-19....

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13-Year-Old Girl Dies Of COVID-19 After Mississippi Governor Refuses to Implement Mask Mandate

Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonAugust 18, 2021September 1, 2021

by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonAugust 18, 2021September 1, 20218689

Several hours after testing positive for COVID-19, a young girl in Mississippi has died from the dreaded virus after attending school for most of the...

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Shocking Report Reveals ‘Lynchings in Mississippi Never Stopped’

Jeroslyn JohnsonAugust 9, 2021August 9, 2021

by Jeroslyn JohnsonAugust 9, 2021August 9, 202112550

A recent Washington Post report has shed light, revealing that modern-day lynchings occur in Mississippi....

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Mississippi School System Accused of Cheating Black Students Out of Valedictorian Honors

Jeroslyn JohnsonJune 16, 2021June 16, 2021

by Jeroslyn JohnsonJune 16, 2021June 16, 20213114

After two Black high school seniors in Mississippi were recently forced to share their valedictorian and salutatorian honors with two white students, it brought back...

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Conservative Supreme Court To Consider Gutting 1973 Roe v. Wade Ruling Legalizing Abortion

Derek MajorMay 17, 2021May 17, 2021

by Derek MajorMay 17, 2021May 17, 2021494

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider gutting the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide...