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Klansman’s name removed from University of Texas dorm
The University of Texas regents voted July 15 to remove the name of a former professor and Ku Klux Klan organizer from a campus dorm. William Simkins The dorm once named William Stewart Simkins is now...
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Restoring history before it’s too late
After 55 years, there is talk of restoring the place where the civil rights movement began. Bryant Grocery and Meat Market has been broken by years of neglect and battered by high winds from Hurricane...
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Congressional candidate takes part in Nazi reenactments
Turns out a congressional candidate in Ohio likes to dress up like a Nazi. Rich Iott, second from right Rich Iott is part of a group that likes to reenact battles involving Germany’s 5th SS Panzer...
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Mississippi turns 193 today
You’ll have to buy plenty of candles because Mississippi turns 193 today. Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter An event at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson will take place at noon today (Dec. 10)....
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What books are you eager to read?
Curling up with a new book is a great way to spend the day. While I’ve enjoyed many great novels (Moby Dick, All the King’s Men and Plainsong to name a few), it’s the nonfiction books that often steal...
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Push underway to preserve sites related to civil rights movement in Mississippi
Decades after the civil rights movement, a push is underway to preserve sites related to the movement. David Sansing, history professor emeritus for the University of Mississippi, sees parallels to...
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Mississippi Civil Rights Museum among $750M in upcoming civil rights museums...
There’s a new wave of impressive new civil rights museums coming, and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is among them, The New York Times is reporting today. Smithsonian's $500 million National...
View ArticleHighway Patrol building in Meridian named after black businessman Charles Young
The state Highway Patrol is naming its patrol office in Meridian after former state Rep. Charles Young Sr. Officials say it’s the first time the state of Mississippi has named a highway patrol building...
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Myrlie Evers gives Lincoln “Two Thumbs Up”
Myrlie Evers believes the film “Lincoln” does an excellent job of capturing a moment in history. The widow of Medgar Evers applauded the Steven Spielberg movie, saying, “This is something that all...
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Civil rights signs in Mississippi become targets of violence
The historical marker commemorating the 1964 deaths of three civil rights workers in Neshoba County has been ripped down and stolen. Over in the Mississippi Delta, people emptied their rifles into a...
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