On May 12, 1968, over 2,500 activists from Mississippi arrived by bus in Washington, D.C. for a gathering of mass protest that was planned to be long-term at the National Mall. An architect named John Wiebenson secured five acres around the Reflecting pool in Washington in order to build a small independent city with its […]
Tropical Storm Isaac continues to churn toward the northern Gulf Coast putting Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida under a hurricane warning. If TS Isaac stays…
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…
According to the AP, the state of Mississippi is back in the forefront of a racially charged murder. This time? It’s a hit and run but the NAACP is right in the thick of things and they are out for justice…They won’t stop until they get it. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/news/top-news/racial-motivation-behind-miss-hit-and-run
A 9-year-old boy launched an abusive rampage against several toddlers in a Vicksburg, Mississippi daycare center on July 16, WLBT-TV reports. SEE ALSO: Cop: ‘Black…
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via: cnn.com (CNN) — Someone who may be posing as a police officer is pulling cars over on Mississippi highways and then shooting drivers dead, authorities said. After two such shootings this month, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is asking for the public’s help to find the person. Read More
via: cnn.com Here’s what some of the survivors experienced: Jeremy Cooper – ‘We are so, so lucky’ The tornado hit a short distance from the house that Jeremy Cooper of Joplin, Missouri, shares with his family. “It started on 10th Street and I live on 7th Street,” he said. Cooper said sirens alerted him to […]
via: cnn.com Tunica, Mississippi (CNN) — An agonizing three weeks await the residents of three southern states as a historic flood crest slowly worked its way downstream Thursday toward New Orleans along the Mississippi River. Read More
VIA CNN: A tornado almost a mile wide tore through Mississippi on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and causing significant injuries and damage as it raked cities from the central western border with Louisiana northeastward to Alabama. Two of the dead were children and one was a 3-month-old baby, according to Mississippi Emergency Management […]
