From Lamar Smith in Mississippi to Harry and Harriette Moore in Florida, Black activists were murdered for voting rights.

A group of education advocates and civil rights groups are challenging anti-Diversity, Equity and Inclusion legislation adopted by Mississippi's education boards. On Monday, June 9, the American Civil ...

It's been 70 years since the lynching of Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who was visiting family in Mississippi. White men kidnapped, tortured, shot and dumped him in a river. Today the ...

THAT SECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED AND BACK OPEN BY FALL. TODAY MARKS 60 YEARS SINCE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW - AND A MISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS TRAILBLAZER IS REFLECTING ON THE ...

FILE - Attorney Cliff Johnson, director of the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, speaks during a hearing Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in Hinds County Chancery Court in Jackson, Miss. (AP ...

Mississippi holds some of America's most compelling historical treasures, where battles shaped the nation and cultures ...

The teenage grandson of Mississippi Civil Rights leader James Meredith is facing a murder charge for the death of 17-year-old ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Democratic civil rights attorney who has advocated for better treatment of prisoners and testified against Mississippi's diversity, equity and inclusion ban said Thursday that ...