Where was the civil-rights law ... the Summer Project believe that some of those involved in it welcome the antagonism of Mississippi whites as the best way to get large-scale federal ...

Mississippi is home to many sites on the national Civil Rights Trail. The state is steeped in culture, like the delta ...

Their assignment was to interview civil rights activists throughout the Mississippi Delta, weaving together personal stories with old photos and other artifacts that describe this era in American ...

Mississippian civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. On Saturday, President Joe Biden awarded 19 recipients the prestigious medal at the White House.

It ended at the state Capitol, where an estimated 15,000 people gathered for Mississippi’s largest civil rights rally. This year, Meredith had planned to walk 200 miles (322 kilometers ...