2015/03/19 – (Jackson, MS) – In light of the hanging death of Otis Byrd from Claiborne County, Mississippi, the NAACP Mississippi State Conference has released the following statement: From Derrick Johnson, President, NAACP Mississippi State Conference “The Mississippi NAACP calls …..
2015/03/06 – Fifty years ago this weekend, a 25-year-old John Lewis was beaten so badly by Alabama state troopers that they fractured his skull. Lewis calls the Edmund Pettus Bridge — where the troopers and and a group of white men …..
2015/03/01 – Mississippi schools spend up to one of every four days of the year giving their students standardized tests. The Mississippi Association of State Superintendents put the range of testing between 38 and 45 days of the 180-day school year. “Then …..
2015/02/23 – This weekend, millions of people of African descent in the United States and across the world commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, the internationally renowned human rights activist who was also known as Malcolm …..
2015/02/02 – A defining feature of the Obama era—or at least one of them—is polarization. Voters, and especially activists, are more uncompromising than they’ve ever been. This isn’t a bad thing. Activist intensity—backed by public interest—can force action and make parties …..
