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Lawrence Guyot memorial service tonight
A memorial service for civil rights leader Lawrence Guyot is set for 6 p.m. today (Dec. 10) in the chapel on the Tougaloo College campus. “He was a real warrior,” recalled Leslie Burl McLemore,...
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Civil rights pioneer Joan Trumpauer Mulholland shows what ordinary hero can do
Jackson police mug shot of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland On her first trip to Mississippi in 1961, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland wound up on Death Row. The native white Southerner was there, not because she...
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Purple Heart recipient recalled for bringing honor to African-American war...
In 1997, then-President Bill Clinton awards Leroy Ramsey, who championed the recognition of African-American veterans. Meridian native Leroy Ramsey, a World War II veteran who helped founded the...
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Submit your thoughts and essays to The Clarion-Ledger: “Because of Medgar...
A half century ago, an assassin shot Mississippi NAACP leader Medgar Evers in the back outside his Jackson home. In the wake of his June 12, 1963, murder came many changes to Mississippi and the...
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Share thoughts and memories on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
John Lewis speaks to crowd at 1963 March on Washington A half century ago, 250,000 or more gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, bringing worldwide attention to the burgeoning civil rights movement. Martin...
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Myrlie Evers declares Thursday, “I am a Mississippian, and … proud of it”
Myrlie Evers Myrlie Evers stared out over the Mississippi Fairgrounds Thursday, and memories from a half century ago flashed through her mind. She saw the people — young and old, black and white —...
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New portrait honors Clyde Kennard, forgotten civil rights pioneer
Clyde Kennard portrait by Robert Shetterly After the terrorist attack on 9-11 and the nation’s response, anger and grief overwhelmed artist Robert Shetterly. “It finally occurred to me that if I...
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“Spies of Mississippi” airs tonight on PBS, talks about spies in civil rights...
“Spies of Mississippi” tells the story of how a state agency known as the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission hired spies to infiltrate the civil rights movement. The documentary, which airs at 10 p.m....
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Congressman John Lewis chokes up at home where Medgar Evers was slain in...
Congressman John Lewis Congressman John Lewis choked up as he stood on the driveway where Mississippi NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers collapsed before he died. Lewis turned to Evers’ daughter, Reena...
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‘This Light of Ours’ gives intimate glimpses into civil rights struggle in...
Stokely Carmichael’s phrase in a Greenwood, Miss., speech, “Black Power,” quickly spreads across the country. If a photograph tells a 1,000 words, millions are told about the civil rights movement in...
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