2015/05/18 – In January 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the Meridian Public School District, seeking to address and prevent racial discrimination in student discipline. Soon afterward, Advancement Project — in collaboration with ACLU of Mississippi, the …..
2015/05/18 – With bottom-barrel state funding and limited resources, Mississippi educators will spend the next three months trying to change the fate of more than 5,600 students doomed to repeat the third grade. Nearly 15 percent of public school third graders …..
2015/05/18 – The number of federal criminal charges has fallen over the past decade nationally, but the rate of decline in south Mississippi is more than twice that of the nation. According to Justice Department reports, the Southern District of Mississippi …..
2015/05/18 – CLEVELAND – A federal judge must decide whether this Mississippi Delta college town’s school system is an oasis of integration or a glaring example of continued segregation. The court hearing opening today before U.S. District Judge Debra Brown in Greenville …..
2015/05/17 – Survivors and witnesses of a deadly protest 45 years ago gathered Friday for reflections and a wreath-laying ceremony outside Jackson State University’s Alexander Hall. Two were killed and 12 were injured by gunfire. Many others were trampled and maimed …..
