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The Depths Of Poverty In The Deep South
By Scott Rodd Andrew sat a table in a bar with no sign outside drinking a Bud Light tallboy. The windows were boarded up from the outside and the only source of light was a bare light bulb sticking out … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, life, Mississippi, money, poverty, southern states, United States
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Mississippi Man Sentenced for His Role in a Conspiracy to Commit Racially Motivated Assaults, Culminating in the Killing of an African-American Man Run Over by Truck
United States Department of Justice Mississippi Man Sentenced for His Role in a Conspiracy to Commit Racially Motivated Assaults, Culminating in the Killing of an African-American Man Run Over by Truck The Justice Department announced today that John Louis Blalack, … Continue reading
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Tagged James Craig Anderson, John Louis Blalack, justice, law, Mississippi, murder, race, racism, US Department of Justice
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Who, what, why: Who was Emmett Till?
Beyonce has urged supporters of Trayvon Martin to be inspired by the protests that followed the death of another black teenager, Emmett Till. She is only one of a number of Americans who have drawn a parallel between the two cases … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, BBC Magazine, Chicago, Emmett Till, Florida, Mississippi, New York, race, Till, Trayvon Martin
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Black Health Rx: Finding A Cure For America’s Health Disparities
By Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson For her 40th birthday in October 2011, Khadijah Tribble had one wish: to jump out of an airplane. “I had been planning the event for four months,” Tribble recalled. The jump never happened. But it wasn’t because … Continue reading
U.S. reviewing 27 death penalty convictions for FBI forensic testimony errors
By Spencer S. Hsu An unprecedented federal review of old criminal cases has uncovered as many as 27 death penalty convictions in which FBI forensic experts may have mistakenly linked defendants to crimes with exaggerated scientific testimony, U.S. officials said. … Continue reading
Texas’ Abortion Restrictions Failed, But Other States Are Successfully Advancing Them
By Tara Culp-Ressler After a battle that stretched throughout Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) successfully blocked a stringent anti-abortion bill from winning approval in the Texas legislature. Davis noted that defeating SB 5 — … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, Abortion clinic, Mississippi, North Dakota, politics, Texas, Texas Legislature, United States, Wendy Davis
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One crime, six trials and a 30-minute guilty verdict
30 Minutes! Was that really fair and reasonable deliberation for this case? If you have read about this case as I have posted news on the site, you know this is not the end. I believe this case should be … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, black, incarceration, jail, justice, Mississippi, police, race, racism, Winona
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“Smoke or fog?: Curtis Flowers trial day eight”
Another update from the Mississippi trial of Curtis Flowers. “Smoke or fog?: Curtis Flowers trial day eight” | Race-Talk.
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Tagged african american, black, incarceration, jail, justice, Mississippi, police, race, racism, Winona
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50 Years After Freedom Summer, America Needs a Revived Movement for Racial Justice
The Editors On the last Tuesday in June, six-term Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran narrowly won a hard-fought Republican run-off election against his virulently anti-government Tea Party challenger, Chris McDaniel. The reason, the pundits quickly concluded, was an unprecedented surge in … Continue reading →