By MARTIN DeANGELIS Staff Writer Nov 13, 2009 Updated Jun 20, 2019 0 ...

From a Memphis fried chicken joint to a tamale counter in Jackson, these restaurants didn't just feed civil rights leaders – they funded, sheltered and fuelled the fight for equality.

From a Memphis fried chicken joint to a tamale counter in Jackson, these restaurants didn't just feed civil rights leaders – they funded, sheltered and fuelled the fight for equality.

Although President Donald Trump called Medgar Evers a “great American hero” at the 2017 opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, his name was removed last March from a site on the ...

Mississippi does not honor Juneteenth as a state holiday, but many celebrations still take place and some get the day off work. Below are some Juneteenth celebrations happening in Jackson this year.

Tupelo, Mississippi holds more than just stories - it holds buried history. Join the History Seekers as we use top-tier detectors to locate real Civil War relics hidden underground for over 150 years.

Jackson City Council member Aaron Banks said, “It’s unfortunate that our politics have gotten to a place where we are moving away from people like Medgar Evers.” Here’s more.

Medgar's assassination in the carport of their Jackson home, now a national monument, in 1963 is considered the first murder of a major civil rights activist and a catalyst for the Civil Rights ...

China Labor Bulletin, a Hong Kong-based group that tracked worker unrest in China and was started by a former pro-democracy protest leader, said on Thursday that it was shutting down because of ...

The 689-foot vessel, designated T-AKE 13, was named in honor of the civil rights icon by then-U.S. Navy Secretary and former Mississippi Governor Ray Mabus.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — A federal appeals court dismissed a civil rights lawsuit against a Palm Beach Gardens officer. WPTV first started tracking this case two years ago.