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Authorities have yet to confirm if a missing man found hanging from a tree in Mississippi last week was killed or committed suicide, but the…

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The Los Angeles Times is reporting that preliminary results from an autopsy on the body of Otis Byrd, the man officials found hanging from a…

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UPDATE: 5:30 P.M. EST The Claiborne County branch of the NAACP has announced that the man found hanging from a tree in Mississippi is 54-year-old Otis Byrd.…

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Three White men (William Kirk Montgomery, Joseph Paul Dominick and Jonathan Kyle Gaskamp) have been sentenced to federal prison for the murder of James Craig Anderson,…

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The foolishness that you’re about to read is so over-the-top ridiculous, all you can do is laugh or roll your eyes and keep it moving. State Representative…

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As many throughout the nation continue rise up to let their voices be heard against social injustices and the tyranny of abusive police-action, protestors in Desoto County, Mississippi were…

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Have you seen 2-year-old Myra Lewis? The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the return of the Black toddler who has…

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Tying the knot should be a festive, happy time for all involved, but this certainly wasn’t the case for Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson (pictured). The Jackson, Miss., Baptist…

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Mississippi already has a reputation of a state stuck in the past, and this certainly doesn’t help with that stereotype. After 148 years, the state of Mississippi has finally ratified the 13th Amendment, which ended and officially bans slavery. Dr. Ranjan Batra, associate professor of neurobiology and anatomical sciences at the University of Mississippi Medical […]

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The First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs, Mississippi  has released a statement apologizing for preventing a black couple from marrying in its church in July. Te’Andrea and Charles Wilson had planned for months to get married at the First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs but were asked at the last minute to move. Their pastor, Stan […]

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Mississippi has fought long and hard to move past its history of racism and discrimination, but a recent incident proves that racism is still very prevalent the Southern state. Charles and Teandrea Wilson learned the hard way that Christian charity did not extend to them when they were banned from marrying at First Baptist Church […]

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Democrats scored a host of victories in key states during Tuesday’s balloting, as the party looks toward the 2012 elections. In Ohio, an important swing state, voters rejected the law enacted by Gov. John Kasich and the Republican-controlled legislature that limited the ability of public-employee unions to collectively bargain. See also: Rick Perry Jeopardizes Campaign With […]