WASHINGTON (McClatchy) — Rep. Bennie Thompson, the only Democrat and African-American in Mississippi’s six-member congressional delegation, has waited decades for a groundswell of opposition to the...
(USA Today) – A Mississippi schools superintendent who acted to press charges against three people who cheered at a high school graduation has dropped the...
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The body of blues legend B.B. King will return next week to the Mississippi Delta where his...
JAY REEVES, Associated Press JEFF AMY, Associated Press HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Marvin Banks’ drug use and drinking had worsened in recent years and he was...
Jeff Amy, ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The last of 10 young white people who repeatedly assaulted African-Americans in Mississippi’s capital city received the...
[fvplayer src=”http://youtube.com/watch?v=XZvgBPjarIg” splash=”https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XZvgBPjarIg/maxresdefault.jpg”] By Danielle Young Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Chronicle (NNPA) — Sarah Adelia Graves, 22 and Shelbie Brooke Richards, 21...
Molly Hennessey-Fiske, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES PORT GIBSON, Miss. (The L.A. Times)—They found the black man’s body hanging by a bedsheet from a locust tree....
(Politico) – Mississippi has a sickly reputation. The Magnolia State ranks at or near the bottom in most health rankings: worst infant mortality and most kids...
JEFF AMY, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three more young white men, all part of a group that repeatedly searched Mississippi’s capital city for black...
DAVID BRANDT, AP Sports Writer VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — The day before the Super Bowl that would change Malcolm Butler’s life, he posted a picture of...
JOHN RABY, Associated Press EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — With rampant diabetes and obesity, Mississippi and West Virginia have struggled with health...
by Avis Thomas-Lester Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Lawrence Guyot battled against voter intimidation in Jim Crow Mississippi in the 1960s and lobbied...
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s political machine paid to turn out the black...
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill Thursday that supporters say will assure unfettered practice of religion...
Brother Chokwe Lumumba was victorious in improving the condition of the downtrodden By Alice Thomas-Tisdale Special to the NNPA from the Jackson Advocate The shocking news of the...
(CNN) — Even in the Bible Belt, coroners don’t use the word “miracle” lightly. But Holmes County, Mississippi, Coroner Dexter Howard has no qualms using the word...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I am writing this article from the beautiful shores of the Dominican Republic. We have assembled here for our second...
by EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi breaks ground Thursday on side-by-side museums that are expected to break ground of their own...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The Mississippi River is a great blessing from God. Besides being the largest river in our nation, it is a...
