Mississippi Today
1968: MLK delivers his last speech
On this day in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his last speech and was assassinated the next day.
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Was James Meredith’s greatest achievement his March Against Fear?
James Meredith, who no longer gives interviews, recently told Mississippi Today through his wife that he agrees with his granddaughter, Janae Knight, who said integrating the University of Mississippi – which she now attends – was "necessary to wage his war against segregation."
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How the US Supreme Court’s Callais ruling erased a key Mississippi voting rights victory
A major legal win for Black Mississippians that was supposed to lead to new elections for the state Supreme Court was wiped away.
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College baseball: Mississippi State and Ole Miss play in separate NCAA super regionals
Mississippi State and Ole Miss are competing in separate super regionals for college baseball.
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Parents rally around Canton charter school facing possible state closure
Fiscal management problems may cost SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy its charter. Some parents of students who attend the Canton charter school questioned what's going on and why.
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6mJackson Zoo improvements draw families from across metro area
Events at the Jackson Zoo drew families from across the metro area – from Pocahontas to Pearl – including many who said they couldn’t remember the last time they’d visited. About 175 people went to the zoo last weekend.