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W.K. Kellogg Foundation Gives $2.3 Million to Civil Rights Museum
JACKSON, Mississippi – Building on its more than 40-year legacy in the state of Mississippi, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation today announced an endowment to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) in support of developing educational programs that will be operated by the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The $2.3 …
'Black Genocide' Prophecy Coming True?
At a press conference at Mississippi's last abortion clinic last week, "stone the gays" Pastor James Manning told a group of mostly white protestors that McDonald's would cease to exist in three to seven years due to abortion. His logic: abortion is a racist institution, abortion providers target black people …
Carroll Waller, Former Mississippi First Lady, Dies
The following is a verbatim press release about the death of former First Lady Carroll Waller. She was the mother of Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller: Former Mississippi First Lady Ava Carroll Overton Waller, 87, of Jackson, died Tuesday, October 28, at Manhattan Nursing Home after a lengthy …
Let's Keep Abortion Safe, Legal for All Women.
What Rev. Joseph Dyer has done in his column published in The Clarion-Ledger today is suggest that white women, who he stresses are inherently more privileged, should have more rights than women of color. His column is called "Let's keep abortions safe, legal for white women," and he calls this …
5 Things I Wonder About this Election Day
What happened to Thad Cochran's black-vote turnout machine? After the incumbent made it into a runoff against state Sen. Chris McDaniel, Cochran's campaign launched an all-out blitz aimed at getting African Americans who did not participate in the Democratic primary to vote in the GOP runoff. It worked then. But …
MDOC's Chris Epps Resigns; Agency Looks for Temp Commish
Christopher Epps, the long-tenured commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections has resigned effective today. The letter of resignation he submitted to Gov. Phil Bryant did not state a reason for the unexpected departure nor has MDOC made one public. The Clarion-Ledger cites "multiple sources" who confirm the existence of …
Neo-Confederates Introduce Heritage Initiative
The Secretary of State posted a new initiative to its website that reads: Initiative #46 would amend the Constitution to restrict or define Mississippi’s heritage in the following areas: religion, official language, state flag, nickname, song, motto and state university mascots. Further, the initiative would prevent the consolidation of Alcorn …
Reeves, Bryant Giving McCrory Donations to Charity
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves will make a donation to a Mississippi charity in the amount his political campaign received from indicted Rankin County businessman Cecil McCrory. McCrory was indicted last week along with former Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps in an alleged bribery and kickback scheme. A former …
Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner to Posthumously Receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Verbatim press release from the office of the U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson: WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) released the following statement regarding President Obama’s plans to posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner: “Fifty years ago, the lives …
Roger Wicker to Lead NRSC, but For How Long?
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, the junior senator from Mississippi, will now be in charge of keeping the Republican's newly won majority in the upper chamber of Congress. Senate Republicans, who will hold a majority for the first time since 2006, picked Wicker over Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada, the home …
Stanford: Gun Carry Laws Linked To Increase in Violent Crime
So you know that conventional wisdom that says the people are safer with a lot of guns around? Turns out maybe not so much. "The totality of the evidence based on educated judgments about the best statistical models suggests that right-to-carry laws are associated with substantially higher rates" of aggravated …
Governor Snubs Public Education Funding
Keeping with the status quo, Gov. Phil Bryant has shorted public education in his 2016 budget recommendation. Below is a press release from Better Schools Better Jobs. JACKSON – Supporters of a citizens' initiative to require full state funding for K-12 education insist Gov. Phil Bryant's 2016 budget proposal does …
Jackson NAACP: Hinds Elex Commish Connie Cochran Should Resign
The Jackson branch of the NAACP is calling for the ouster of Connie Cochran, the chairwoman of the Hinds County Election Commission, for problems during the Nov. 4 general election. Some precincts saw unexpectedly high turnout. Some of those polling places ran out of ballots late in the evening, which …
State Education Leaders Respond to Lt. Gov.'s Statements on Education
At the Dec. 1 Stennis Press Forum, Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves spoke about upcoming efforts for education reform, touted school choice alongside greater funding and announced plans to move away from Common Core standards. Mississippi Department of Education leaders responded with this statement: Joint statement from State Board of Education …
Did Lt. Gov. Get Fact Wrong on Common Core?
At Stennis Press Forum at the Capital Club Monday, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves called Common Core an example of government overreach and pledged to work to scrap the standards during the upcoming legislative session. He cited the situation in Oklahoma, in which he said the U.S. government stripped the state …
Gov. Bryant Gives Dr. Aaron Shirley His Day, Keeps Flags Full-Mast
Gov. Phil Bryant declared Dec. 5 to be Dr. Aaron Shirley Day in Mississippi in honor of the medical pioneer who passed away last week. Shirley was born in Gluckstadt, but moved to Jackson at an early age. Shirley attended Lanier High School and graduated from Tougaloo College in 1955 …
Rep. Bennie Thompson Wants Hearings on Deaths of Mike Brown, Eric Garner and Others
Mississippi U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, the ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, joined fellow black lawmakers in calling for in-depth hearings on the deaths of several African American men killed by police this year. Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, D-Md., and John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., ranking members of the …
LaRita Cooper-Stokes Resigns. What's Next for Ward 3?
As expected, Ward 3 Councilwoman LaRita Cooper-Stokes last night tendered her resignation from the Jackson City Council to take a seat on the bench as a county judge. Cooper-Stokes' departure makes the second mid-term resignation of a sitting council member in less than four months. In August, Ward 1 Councilman …
Hinds GOP Plays 'Obama Card' Against Carson in Ward 1 Race
A mailer is going around northeast Jackson attempting to link Dorsey Carson, a Ward 1 Jackson City Council candidate, to President Barack Obama. Obama, an African American Democrat, is very unpopular among Mississippi Republicans. The mailer, reportedly produced by the Hinds County Republican Party, depicts a photoshopped Obama with his …
Jackson Advocate: Kenny Stokes Going After His Old Ward 3 Council Seat After All
Tonight, the Jackson City Council is scheduled to discuss a date for a special election to replace former Ward 3 Councilwoman LaRita Cooper-Stokes, who will be heading to the county's judges' bench. The Jackson Advocate, one of two local newspapers highlighting news of interest to the African-American community, reported that …