Donna Ladd and Adam Lynch interviewed Mississippi icon James Meredith in his Jackson home in 2008. His answers might surprise you.
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JFP Editor Donna Ladd writes about James Meredith and the hero she now calls a friend.
Three amazing books, including James Meredith's "Mission From God," that explain what happened at Ole Miss in 1962 from three men who were there.
Three men on the scene—including James Meredith himself—explained what happened at Ole Miss in 1962 in two new books and one classic.
Ole Miss professor Charles Eagles says the university does not give enough context on what white supremacy really meant in Mississippi. James Meredith agrees.
JFP columnist and long-time Mississippi journalist Joe Atkins writes about the James Meredith he knows (and doesn't know).
JFP Editor Donna Ladd toured then-Sen. Biden around Jackson in 2006 for an in-depth interview.
The JFP took Joe Biden to Farish Street in 2006.
The JFP takes you inside the Rankin County culture where the young killers of James Craig Anderson developed their hatred of African Americans.
Donna Ladd tells the story of her sexual assault by a football star when she was a teenager.
In February 2013, the Jackson City Council voted down a proposal to pave streets.
After Mayor Johnson returned to office in 2009, he spent money that Frank Melton never bothered to spend on paving around the city.
Rural Mississippi legislators killed a bill to allow Jackson voters to decide to use a local-option sales tax to fund paving and infrastructure needs.
Read Lumumba's cover interview when he ran for Jackson City Council in 2009.
Chokwe Lumumba has a fascinating, if controversial, history in Jackson and beyond.
The 2013 JFP Interview with Chokwe Lumumba delves deeply into his past, and his world view.