2015/07/09 – JACKSON – The Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP commends the South Carolina Legislature on their decision to remove the Confederate battle flag from its Capitol grounds. It is not appropriate public policy to fly or display images …..
2015/07/08 – On June 17 a gunman shot and killed nine black Christians in the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. “Mother Emanuel” as the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) has come to be affectionately …..
2015/07/08 – Jackson resident Clemarvin Williams, age 9, suffered a number of dreadful setbacks during the months leading up to the statewide third-grade literacy test in April. Earlier this year, his mother went to bed with a bottle of antacid …..
2015/07/08 – Ministers from numerous denominations and faith traditions name love for Mississippi and love for others as reasons to remove the Mississippi state flag. “My blood runs deep in Mississippi,” said Isiac Jackson Jr., president of the General Missionary …..
2015/06/30 – June 30, 2015 Dear Friends and Partners, Our communities have been in turmoil over the last couple weeks as we witnessed the heinous murders of nine people inside of a church in Charleston, South …..
