As what would have been Medgar Evers 100th birthday passes, people who gathered at a conference dedicated to him reflected on ...

Jackson, Miss. — More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his daughter ...

The state Supreme Court wants to know how local courts provide lawyers, if any, to poor people after their arrest.

A Clarion Ledger reporter recounts what it was like to witness Mississippi’s execution of Richard Jordan, who spent nearly 50 ...

More than 60 years after a white supremacist from Signal Mountain, Tennessee assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, ...

Civil and voting rights activists gather in Jackson, Mississippi to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil ...

As part of the 1964 Freedom Summer civil rights project, the first Freedom Schools ... What exists now at Jackson Public Schools, the only district in Mississippi that has partnered with CDF since ...

The Medgar Evers at 100 Celebration continues Saturday morning with more workshops and panel discussions, and a fundraising concert Saturday night at the Jackson Convention Complex.

Neighborhood kids loved civil rights hero Medgar Evers. As he drove down the street, they called his name and begged him to play football. His daughter, Reena, was the weight on her father’s ankles ...

Jackson, Mississippi is hosting multiple Juneteenth celebrations, ... in 1963 is considered the first murder of a major civil rights activist and a catalyst for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ...