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Civil rights journalist discusses new book at Off Square Books

A newly released true crime autobiography follows a journalist pursuing and retiring monumental civil rights era cold cases in Mississippi. Jerry Mitchell, an award-winning investigative reporter and the subject of the book,

February 6, 2020

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Emmett Till memorial unveiled on Saturday

Stolen and thrown into the Tallahatchie River. Replaced. Shot. Replaced. Shot again. This was the fate of of the Emmett Till memorial marker until Saturday, when a new memorial was dedicated to

October 20, 2019

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Unita Blackwell, civil rights pillar and first black woman mayor in Mississippi, dies at 86

Unita Blackwell, the sharecropper who later became the first black woman mayor in the state of Mississippi and advised six U.S. presidents, died Monday at age 86. Her son Jeremiah Blackwell Jr.

May 15, 2019

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Civil rights reporter’s memoir discussed at Overby Center

The daughter of civil rights reporter John Herbers visited the Overby Center for Journalism and Southern Politics to discuss her late father’s memoir, “Deep South Dispatch: Memoir of a Civil Rights Journalist,”

September 27, 2018

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Justice Dept. reopens Emmett Till murder investigation

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The federal government has reopened its investigation into the slaying of Emmett Till, the black teenager whose brutal killing in Mississippi shocked the world and helped inspire the

July 12, 2018

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State officials, leaders in Oxford react to Supreme Court decision

The United States Supreme Court issued a 7-2 ruling on June 4 in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to design and bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. The

June 14, 2018

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Congressmen, NAACP leaders oppose Trump’s visit to Mississippi museum

Visit http://thedmonline.com today and tomorrow for updates on this developing story and coverage of Saturday’s ceremony. President Donald Trump’s upcoming stop in Jackson for the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum’s opening ceremony has triggered a firestorm

December 8, 2017

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Mississippi Civil Rights Museum to open in December

The new Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is scheduled to open Dec. 9 in Jackson and will celebrate the work of lesser-known local activists of the national civil rights movement, according to museum director

October 19, 2017

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