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Two Museums

A collection of stories about the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Museum of Mississippi History opening in December 2017.

Ladd on NBC: Trump Visit a Knife in Mississippi's Back

Donna Ladd explains how race history in Mississippi is vital to America's future.

This Little Light of Ours: Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Shines a Light on History

The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum opened its doors temporarily on Tuesday, June 27, for a preview of the impactful, honest and focused features, like the Freedom Riders exhibit.

How Integration Failed in Jackson’s Public Schools from 1969 to 2017

What you may not know about how Jackson's public schools were forced to integrate, followed immediately by thousands of white families fleeing schools, based largely on back science.

YMP: Digging for Solutions to Youth Crime

The Mississippi Youth Media Project dug deep for both causes and solutions to youth violence.

Battling Pearl River Flooding: The JFP Archive

The JFP's award-winning coverage of efforts to develop and control flooding along the Pearl River.

Fondren Faces Controversial Hotel Boom

Hotels are piling into Jackson's trendy Fondren community—amid demolition and asbestos controversies.

House Bill 1523: From the Statehouse to the Courthouse

Stories about Mississippi's House Bill 1523, the "Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Religious Discrimination Act"

The State Takeover of JPS

JFP's stories about the state takeover of the Jackson Public Schools district

Editorial: Developers Must Involve Locals in Decisions Early

Many developers wait too late to involve communities affected in large-scale plans. This must stop.

Editorial: A State Takeover is Not the Solution for JPS

The reasons the JPS takeover is a bad idea.

Rush to Judgement: Trying Kids As Adults

A long-form look at the problems of trying kids as adults—and coercing their confessions.

White America's Overdue Leap of Faith

Donna Ladd details her racist indoctrination in Mississippi.

Facts about Mississippi, Secession, Slavery and the Confederacy

The JFP’s archives of historically factual stories about slavery, secession and the Civil War in Mississippi, with lots of links to primary documents.

Black Leaders Boycott over State Flag, as Outrage at Karl Oliver Lingers

The Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus announced early in May that it would boycott the Southern Legislative Conference due to the state flag.

JPD Targets City's ‘Bandos’

The City of Jackson tries a different kind of 'broken windows' policing to eliminate blight