On this day in 1909
[ad_1] JUNE 22, 1909 Katherine Dunham Credit: Wikipedia Esteemed choreographer, activist and educator Katherine Dunham was born in Joliet, Illinois. For more than 30 years, she directed the Katherine Dunham…
On this day in 1964
[ad_1] JUNE 21, 1964 A group of more than 20 Klansmen killed three civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, south of Philadelphia, Mississippi. The three men…
Q&A: The opioid settlements, explained
[ad_1] Over the next 13 years, Mississippi is expected to receive hundreds of millions of dollars from companies that profited off Mississippians with opioid addiction. Public health workers and families…
Advocate argues Mississippi’s energy future depends on local leaders’ decisions on wind
[ad_1] Editor’s note: This essay is part of Mississippi Today Ideas, a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share fact-based ideas about our state’s past, present and future. You can read more…
Girls learn construction skills at summer camp
[ad_1] Sophia Slade uses a drill during the FORGE Girls Construction Camp at East Mississippi Community College’s Golden Triangle Campus, Friday, June 13, 2025, in Mayhew, Miss. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi…
On this day in 1960
[ad_1] JUNE 20, 1960 Credit: Wikipedia Renowned singer and actor Harry Belafonte was awarded an Emmy Award for his television special, “Tonight with Harry Belafonte.” He was the first Black…
Lawmaker probing Mississippi’s prisons finds inmates suffering from treatable diseases as corrections asks for more money
[ad_1] As the punishing Mississippi sun baked the grounds of one of America’s most notorious prisons, a wheelchair-bound man was so jaundiced he appeared to glow in the dark. The…
Death row spiritual adviser bears witness in execution chamber
[ad_1] The Rev. Jeff Hood is “determined to let people know you’re killing my friend.” Those are the people he’s grown close to before witnessing their executions — a dozen…
West Jackson youth find respite and gain skills at Stewpot summer camp
[ad_1] Laughter erupts from the kitchen of Stewpot’s Teen Center as rising sixth grader Jamila Jeffries cuts a raw potato into thin slices. It’s lunch time, and she’s surrounded by…
On this day in 1865
[ad_1] JUNE 19, 1865 Credit: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Although the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued two years earlier, it wasn’t until this date —…
