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U.S. Civil Rights Act's victories at risk, say leaders on 60th anniversary
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 1 week agoCourtland Cox was 22 years old when he stood alongside civil rights icons Bayard Rustin and John...
Medgar Evers receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, country’s highest civilian honor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoAt her husband’s funeral in 1963, Myrlie Evers heard NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins declare,...
Governor’s nominees will leave powerful college board with one HBCU graduate
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoGov. Tate Reeves’ nominations for the immensely powerful governing board of Mississippi’s public...
Dorie Ann Ladner, civil rights icon who fought for justice in Mississippi and beyond, dies
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoDorie Ladner was a key organizer for Mississippi Freedom Summer, a volunteer campaign to attempt to...
Reed Hastings: Netflix co-founder gives $1.1bn of stock to Silicon Valley
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoNetflix founder and executive chair Reed Hastings has given two million shares of the streaming...
Reed Hastings Grants $1.1 Billion Worth of Netflix Stock to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoReed Hastings, Netflix’s co-founder and executive chairman, has given 2 million shares of the...
Mississippi has a history of voter suppression. Many see signs of change as Black voters reengage
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoA few years ago, Tiffany Wilburn just didn’t see the point in voting any longer. Combine that with...
Giant of the Civil Rights Movement Medgar Evers deserves Medal of Freedom, lawmakers say
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoWASHINGTON _ Mississippi’s congressional delegation called for President Joe Biden Tuesday to award...
Democrat Brandon Presley seeks big turnout in Nov. 7 bid to unseat Mississippi's Republican governor
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoAt a hotel overlooking the Mississippi River in Natchez, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Brandon...
Mississippi should set minimum wage higher than federal level, says Democrat running for governor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoThe Democrat who’s trying to unseat Mississippi’s Republican governor said Tuesday that the state...