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‘This Is Not a Rare Story’: Friends of Jay Lee Seek Truth, Justice for Missing Oxford Man
OXFORD, Miss.— As the stage lights came up on Code Pink Oxford, a monthly dance event at The Lyric that showcases amateur drag queens...
Mississippi State Adds New College For Non-Traditional Students
Mississippi State University has added a college for non-traditional students who are older than typical enrollees to its campus. The Center for Distance Education...
Judge puts Democratic candidate back on gubernatorial ballot
A Hinds County Circuit Court judge has ruled the state Democratic Party improperly disqualified Bob Hickingbottom from this year’s gubernatorial primary ballot.
The state party...
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On this day in 1965
MAY 30, 1965
Vivian Malone became the first Black graduate of the University of Alabama in its 134 years of existence.
Gov. George Wallace had blocked...
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Japanese American Soldiers In WWII Fought The Axis Abroad And Racism At Home
Imagine the government forcing you from your home, being imprisoned in a detention camp under armed guards and behind barbed wire—and then being required...
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On this day in 1980
MAY 29, 1980
Vernon Jordan, who once worked alongside Medgar Evers as a field secretary for the NAACP and later advised Bill Clinton, survived an...
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A Veteran’s View of Memorial Day
Each Memorial Day, we come face-to-face with the human cost of freedom. While we observe the holiday to honor our war dead – not...
