Vicksburg was incorporated in 1825, and for 200 years it has been shaped and molded by all who have lived here. And while ...

The town of Fayette hosted a ceremony Feb. 28 for the unveiling of a Mississippi Freedom Trail marker honoring James Charles ...

Explore DEI history through a new exhibit, ‘A Better Life for Their Children’ at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum.

Last November, we received the news that İlhan Sami Çomak had finally been granted his freedom—a moment that took many of us ...

The Kennedy brothers, Medgar Evers, MLK Jr. and Malcom X were assassinated between 1963 and 1968, when the very oldest Gen Xers were being born. We’ve heard about the occasional suspicious death ...

Sidney Poitier’s first wife, Juanita Hardy, was born and raised in Bridgeport ... stories about meeting and befriending people like Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, and ...

This summer he is planning to stage a reading of a play about King, Medgar Evers and his famous uncle in Malcolm X Park ... Nebraska property where Malcolm X was born. “We have a generation of ...

They are a very big inspiration in terms of the name of the school and how those Freedom Schools were born during a time ... t learn about people (like) Medgar Evers. You learn very little about ...

Where: 332 Margaret W. Alexander Drive, Jackson. Why: Medgar and Myrlie Evers worked together in the American Civil Rights Movement. Medgar, the NAACP field secretary for Mississippi, was ...

Learn about the history and impact of black students, faculty, and staff on the Murray State University campus.