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From Freedom Summer to modern activism: A Jacksonville man’s ongoing fight for civil rights and voting equality
Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote during the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project in 1964.
Ballot initiatives, disenfranchisement efforts stall in Mississippi House. See why
The House Constitution chairman said Thursday he was no longer going to bring up disenfranchisement or ballot initiatives on ...
Baton Rouge civil rights icon hosts book signing at SUSLA
On Wednesday morning, a civil rights figure from Louisiana shared his story with Shreveport residents. Press L. Robinson held ...
Where is the Mississippi Legislature with court-ordered redistricting?
The Mississippi Senate has yet to come out with a plan to redraw the state's legislative districts, but the House has passed its proposal onward.
California appeals court rules against baker who refused to sell plain cake to lesbian couple
A three-tiered, plain white cake with no writing, engravings, adornments, symbols or images is not pure speech,” the court ruled.
Harry T. Moore: Civil rights pioneer led 1000s of black Floridians to vote
Harry T. Moore and his wife Harriette were killed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1951 when a bomb was placed under their home in Mims.
Disability Awareness Day brings many advocates to the State Capitol
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Awareness and change, that is what advocates like resident Scott Crawford said when asked about the importance of Disability Awareness Day. As Crawford and others continue to ...