JULY 1, 1870 Congress created the Department of Justice to handle the flood of post-Civil War litigation. President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Amos T. Akerman, whose...
Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender interview Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Cheikh Taylor about President Joe Biden’s debate performance and the future of the Democratic...
JUNE 28, 1942 Joyce and Dorie Ladner discuss their roles in the civil rights movement. Credit: Library of Congress Dorie Ladner was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi....
Editor’s note: This article was written by Bryan Davis, publisher of The Enterprise-Tocsin newspaper in Indianola. It first published on June 21 and is republished below...
JUNE 27, 1991 Portrait of Thurgood Marshall Credit: Artist Betsy Graves Reyneau, which hangs in the National Gallery Portrait Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice on...
www.youtube.com – WTVA 9 News – 2024-06-26 22:40:46 SUMMARY: Renowned Mississippi political cartoonist Marshall Ramsey visited Tupelo, including stopping by our newsroom and the Lee County...
Mississippi Today hosted a members-only lunch and learn on Friday, June 14 with investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell and New York Times Local Investigative Reporting Fellowship Deputy...
www.youtube.com – WTVA 9 News – 2024-06-26 15:24:37 SUMMARY: Marshall Ramsey, Editor-at-Large for Mississippi Today, is a Pulitzer finalist, Emmy-winning journalist, and acclaimed editorial cartoonist. Known...
A veteran of 15 years in the business of minor league baseball, Tennessee native Chris Harris is experiencing perhaps the most unusual year of his career....
New Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Mike Hurst talks with Mississippi Today’s Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance about November 2024 and 2027 elections, Medicaid expansion and party...