It's been 70 years since the lynching of Emmett Till, a black teenager from Chicago who was visiting family in Mississippi. White men kidnapped, tortured, shot and dumped him in a river. Today the ...

The fight for American civil rights spanned decades, cities and states, from Topeka, Kansas to Memphis, Tennessee and from ...

Donald Trump attended the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum to read a speech early Saturday afternoon, just hours after urging Alabama residents to vote for accused child molester and ...

Mississippi is a state steeped in history, with a rich cultural heritage that spans centuries. From the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement, Mississippi has played a pivotal role in shaping the ...

What does it mean to be the City with Soul? This was my first question as I drove into Jackson, Mississippi, and read that namesake on the welcome sign. I was expecting gospel handclaps, bluesy guitar ...