Since the Mississippi Delta was the last area of the South to be settled, after the Civil War, the state became among the most reactionary and repressive states for African Americans. Blacks lived ...

Mississippi’s schools are so bad they violate the promises the state made after the Civil War to be readmitted to the Union, parents of four black elementary school students said in a federal lawsuit ...

By Febrary 1, 1861, six more states -- Mississippi, Florida ... Federal troops returned the fire. The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the attack, four more states -- Virginia, Arkansas ...

Here is every state’s troop count during the Civil War. See below for our detailed methodology. Agree with this? Hit the Thumbs Up button above. Disagree? Let us know in the comments with what ...

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Robert Gudmestad, Colorado State University (THE CONVERSATION) During the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River ... Advertisement Article continues below this ad The ...

A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of civil rights icon James Meredith. He is a Black man who fought ...

Their assignment was to interview civil rights activists throughout ... this living history for the federally supported Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area (MDNHA), which is managed by Delta ...