2015/05/19 – GREENWOOD, Miss. – A Greenwood police officer has been fired after an internal investigation by the department in the April 7 arrest of Jelani Barr, an activist and Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor. Police Chief Ray Moore tells The …..
By the 17th century, America’s slave economy had eliminated the obstacle of morality Note: This story is a part of the Slate Academy on the History of American Slavery featuring Jamelle Bouie, Rebecca Onion, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. To …..
2015/05/19 – GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Sixty-one years and one day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial school segregation was illegal in Brown vs. Board of Education, lawyers Monday presented clashing visions of what one Mississippi school district must …..
2015/5/19-The first time I traveled to Georgia’s Montgomery County, in 2002, it felt like a very familiar and friendly American suburb. Kids were cheering at the local high school’s homecoming parade. The community appeared to be very mixed and well …..
2015/05/19 – The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office will hold eight hearings across the state about Initiative Measure 42 and Alternative Measure 42-A. Initiative 42 seeks to amend the constitution to require that Mississippi fully fund public schools in accordance with …..
