geography of mississippi
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Mississippi Republicans Want to Create A Separate Court For The Black City of Jackson
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba called the legislation “some of the most oppressive legislation in our city’s history.” Here’s what you need to know.
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Fires On And Near HBCU Point To Arson, Authorities Say
In addition, a suspect has been identified in setting fire to Jackson State University’s baseball field as well as other buildings around the city.
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Emmett Till Statue To Reside in Mississippi Town Near a Confederate Monument
The nine-foot statue will be ten miles away from Bryant’s Grocery & Meat Market, where the infamous whistling incident occurred.
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Gulfport Teen Shot by Cop Outside Family Dollar Taken Off Life Support [Update]
The 15-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the head.
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The Justice Department Is Fed Up With Jackson Mississippi Officials’ Inaction As Water Crisis Continues
The DOJ has given the city of Jackson a deadline to come up with a plan, or they will file an action under the Safe Drinking Water Act
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Emmett Till’s Family Seeks Arrest After 1955 Warrant Found
A search group comprised of Till’s family members found the warrant charging Carolyn Bryant Donham of kidnapping
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NAACP Says Mississippi Failed to Use Billions of Covid-19 funds to Help People of Color
Black residents took the biggest hit from the pandemic due to a lack of resources despite billions of dollars given to the state.
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On the First Day of Black History Month, More Than a Dozen HBCUs Receive Bomb Threats
For the second day in a row, Howard University receives a bomb threat after getting one yesterday.
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From Shreveport to Jackson, Water Woes Reveal Infrastructure and Racism Inextricably Linked
Many residents in Jackson, Miss., are closing out their third week without clean water after record-breaking freezing temperatures froze plant equipment and burst much of the city’s water pipe systems in the state’s largest city. Activists on the ground are frantically running around Jackson and the nearby Delta area to ensure that residents have access…