Aug. 10, 1920 Credit: Wikipedia Mamie Smith sang Perry Bradford’s song “Crazy Blues,” detailing the “outrage by a woman driven mad by mistreatment,” music critic David...
Aug. 9, 1936 Credit: Wikipedia Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal as a member of the 4×100-meter relay team that set a world record of...
Mississippi Today is pleased to announce that Mukta Joshi has joined Mississippi Today as an investigative reporting fellow through the 2024 Columbia University + INN Internship...
Aug. 7, 1904 Credit: Wikipedia Diplomat Ralph Bunche was born in Detroit. He was a member of the “Black Cabinet,” which President Franklin D. Roosevelt consulted...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today August 6, 2024 Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart, in full equestrian attire, share a golf cart at the Paris Olympics equestrian...
Months after a separate court with state-appointed judges in Jackson was authorized to start work, individuals arrested in the Capitol Complex Improvement District are still being...
Aug. 4, 1901 Louis Armstrong by Harry Warnecke and Gus Shoenbaechler 1947. Credit: Wikipedia Louis Armstrong, trumpeter known around the globe as “Satchmo,” was born in...
Here’s a quick pop quiz: Who are the justices on the state Supreme Court running for reelection this year? What judicial elections will be on the...
Aug. 2, 1924 James Baldwin documentary Novelist, playwright, poet, essayist and social critic James Baldwin was born in Harlem, New York. His work explored the themes...
Aug. 1, 1974 Beverly Johnson made fashion history when she became the first Black model to appear on the American cover of Vogue magazine. When her...