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Longtime Mississippi civil rights activist Hollis Watkins has died.

Longtime Mississippi civil rights activist Hollis Watkins has died.

Longtime Mississippi civil rights activist Hollis Watkins has died.

Civil rights activist Hollis Watkins died Wednesday at his home at the age of 82.

When Al White was growing up in a three-room shotgun house in Duck Hill, Mississippi – the town for which he today serves as mayor – the hours were imbued

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - A national bio-tech company, Genentech, announced that a Mississippi based community organization is among 10 chosen to share a $6 million grant. All of the organizations are working to advance health equity by improving the conditions in their communities that affect health and wellbeing. Jackson-based Southern Echo will begin by reaching [...]

A SUPERB postcard from David Howards collection showing Sydney Bells house from 1905 has been unearthed.

Facing South talked with three organizers in the nation's poorest state who are part of a movement to bring greater democracy to rural electric cooperatives. Founded during the New Deal to power communities the big private utilities refused to serve, co-ops today stand accused of a lack of inclusivity and transparency, which organizers are working to change.

Before Wednesday, the proposed map had not been available to the public and civil rights groups say lawmakers drew it in secret, illegally.

Those that showed up received two cases of water, a bag of sweet potatoes, and information on the COVID-19 vaccine.