On this day in 1892
On this day in 1892, crusading journalist Ida B. Wells launched her anti-lynching campaign after a mob killed three of her friends.
On this day in 1961
On this day in 1961, a white mob of over 300 attacked Freedom Riders at the Greyhound Bus Station in Montgomery, Alabama.
Podcast: The controversial day that Robert Kennedy came to the University of Mississippi
Retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Edward Ellington talks with Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender about former U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy’s speech at the University of Mississippi less than four years after the riots that occurred after the integration of the school.
2024 Mississippi legislative session not good for private school voucher supporters
The Legislature did not pass any new voucher bills and placed tighter restrictions on some of the limited laws allowing public money for private schools.
On this day in 1925
On this day in 1925, Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska.
On this day in 1896
On this day in 1896. the U.S. Supreme Court forged the “separate but equal” doctrine that remained in place until 1954.
Renada Stovall, chemist and entrepreneur
Renada Stovall uses her chemists degree to create a line of natural products like soaps, moisturizers, shampoos and body balms.
On this day in 1954
On this day in 1954. the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the “separate but equal” doctrine in Plessy v. Ferguson was unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment.
Every university but Delta State to increase tuition this year
The average cost of tuition in Mississippi is now $8,833, a roughly 3% increase from last year.
Marshall Ramsey: Fore!
“Unfortunately, some only support it when it equates to campaign contributions. Sadly, through the line-item veto of the appropriation, Mississippians will once again wait another year for the opportunity to benefit from state investments for the greater public good.” – Secretary of State Michael Watson. Read the whole article here.
Federal panel prescribes new mental health strategy to curb maternal deaths
Many women in the U.S. go untreated because there is no widely deployed system to screen for mental illness in mothers, despite widespread recommendations to do so.