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Emmett Till movie shown in Black town pivotal to the story
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoMOUND BAYOU, Miss. (AP) — The tiny, all-Black town of Mound Bayou became a safe haven for Emmett...
What Happened To Mound Bayou? An All-Black Town Founded By Formerly Enslaved Black People
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 5 months agoBooker T. Washington once called Mound Bayou a model of “thrift and self-government.” He called it...
Man sought in shooting that wounded Mississippi trooper
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMOUND BAYOU, Miss. — Law enforcement agencies are offering a reward for information about a man...
How Mississippi’s Jim Crow laws still haunt Black voters today
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCharles Caldwell was never meant to have a voice. Mississippi’s White ruling class made sure of it....
Mississippi hit by 900% increase in newborns treated for syphilis
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJACKSON, Miss. — The number of babies in Mississippi being treated for congenital syphilis has...
Mississippi high school football scores for 2023 MHSAA Week 2
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo Sports· 8 months agoHere are Mississippi high school football scores from this week's MHSAA Week 2 and MAIS Week 3...
What would a museum dedicated to Black farmers look like? This Mississippi woman knows
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGenerations of Black farmers in the Delta have suffered under the weight of racial discrimination...
Black Family Closes 7-Figure Deal To Create Mississippi's Own Modern-Day Black Wall Street
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEntrepreneur Tony A. Reimonenq Jr, along with his wife and three sons, recently closed a deal on a...
1 woman show in Gainesville honors Fannie Lou Hamer
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe late civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer will be portrayed in a one-woman-show every weekend of the month to showcase her activism, resilience and...
5 SEC teams poised to challenge No. 1 LSU baseball entering conference play
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBATON ROUGE – Finally, Southeastern Conference play is here. Because for No. 1 LSU baseball, a...