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Mississippi News and Information Corporation, known as Mississippi Today, is a nonprofit and nonpartisan digital platform dedicated to delivering unbiased news and information. It focuses on state and local government matters, as well as community topics like education, health, economic growth, poverty, race, and the social culture of Mississippi. The team at Mississippi Today is committed to producing thorough and high-quality journalism that serves as a watchdog for the government, supports democracy, and influences the state's future. By raising public awareness about how government decisions impact individuals and communities, they aim to encourage more civic participation. Additionally, Mississippi Today is dedicated to fostering the next generation of skilled journalists who represent the state's diversity. They do this by recruiting talented graduates from journalism, communications, and public policy programs, and by collaborating with current students at Mississippi's colleges and universities to equip them with the skills needed for successful careers.

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On this day in 1966

1 day ago | mississippitoday.org | Jerry Mitchell

The March Against Fear, which became known as the “Meredith March,” ended at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson. James Meredith, who started the one-man march before being shot, had recovered enough to help finish it with Martin Luther King Jr., who spoke. Leaders of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee used the event to organize Black voting across the state.
On this day in 1933

2 days ago | mississippitoday.org | Jerry Mitchell

James Meredith was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi. That same day, in 1962, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered his admission as the first known Black student to the University of Mississippi. Four years later, he started his one-man March Against Fear across the state, only to be shot by a white supremacist. Meredith survived, and civil rights leaders joined him in finishing the march that ended in Jackson, where Meredith and Martin Luther King Jr. spoke.
Richard Jordan set to be executed

2 days ago | mississippitoday.org | Mina Corpuz

Barring a last minute reprieve, the state of Mississippi is set to execute Richard Jordan this evening. Attorneys representing the 79-year-old, the state’s oldest and longest serving inmate on death row, filed a flurry of motions with the U.S. Supreme Court and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals this week. As of today,the appeals court denied his request for stay, and the high court hads not responded to a request for stay.
JSU and IHL tentatively settle professor's lawsuit

3 days ago | mississippitoday.org | Candice Wilder

Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning and Jackson State University have reached a tentative agreement to settle the months-long federal lawsuit filed by a former faculty senate president who was placed on leave pending termination last fall. The settlement would give Dawn Bishop McLin her job back as a tenured professor. McLin’s case is the latest in a series of lawsuits against the state’s college governing board and the historically Black university.
On this day in 1964

3 days ago | mississippitoday.org | Jerry Mitchell

Thirty Freedom Summer workers based in Greenville, Mississippi, made the first effort to register Black voters in Drew. White men circled the workers in cars and trucks, some equipped with gun racks, making violent threats. One White man stopped his car and said, “I’ve got something here for you,” flashing his gun. Despite death threats and burning crosses, the workers persisted.
Mississippi's DEI ban challenged in court as boards adopt new policies

3 days ago | mississippitoday.org | Devna Bose

A federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday over enforcement of a new law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs from Mississippi public schools and universities. A coalition of civil rights and legal organizations, on behalf of students, parents and educators, is asking U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction preventing state officials from enforcing the mandate.
‘I don’t want him to get what he wants,’ says murder victim’s son of killer - Mississippi Today

4 days ago | mississippitoday.org | Mina Corpuz

Eric Marter doesn’t remember much about his mother but her loss is one his family has felt for decades. On Jan.13, 1976, he said it felt like any other day when he left for his Catholic school in Gulfport and his younger brother Kevin stayed home with their mother Edwina. Then he remembers he and his brother staying with family friends and being told his parents had to go out of town. Days later, his father and a priest told them their mother was dead.
On this day in 1963

4 days ago | mississippitoday.org | Jerry Mitchell

Martin Luther King Jr. led a massive march, joined by as many as 125,000, in Detroit. The words he shared in his speech were similar to those in the “I Have a Dream” speech he delivered two months later from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. He mentioned his friend, Medgar Evers, who had been assassinated just 11 days earlier, and Emmett Till, whose brutal killing helped propel the modern civil rights movement.
Horhn transition chairman discusses challenges Jackson administration faces

4 days ago | mississippitoday.org | Anna Wolfe

Robert Gibbs, chairman of newly elected Jackson Mayor John Horhn’s transition team, discusses what issues the team has found with city administration and changes that may be forthcoming with Mississippi Today’s Jackson coverage team. Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.
After years of fighting, Mississippi education is fully funded with little fanfare

5 days ago | mississippitoday.org | Bobby Harrison

Give Mississippi legislators credit. Without being cajoled, threatened or begged, they fully funded education during the recently completed special session. With little fanfare, they provided full funding of $2.97 billion or $16 million more than last year to the formula that provides the basics to operate local school districts. That, famously, has not always been the case.