FedEx will sponsor free admission to the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson during an extended observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend, January ...

You may never have heard of Brooklyn, Illinois. You might not be aware it’s one of the country’s first Black settlements, or ...

Is it significant? Yes. Is it historical? Yes. Is it neglected? Yes. So, these things should be saved, not paved over and ...

Author John J. Hanrahan will give a talk Monday at the Hampton History Museum highlighting African American history through travel.

Writer and musician Emma John travels south to find the beat—and birthplace—of a special kind of Mississippi music.

Mississippian civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. On Saturday, President Joe ...

Mississippian civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. On Saturday, President Joe Biden awarded 19 recipients the prestigious medal at the White House. Hamer ...

The new film, “A Complete Unknown,” tells the story of Bob Dylan’s rise to success in the early 1960s, but the movie leaves ...

After announcing she will not seek reelection, Ward 7 Councilwoman and Council President Virgi Lindsay spoke about her decision in an interview.

Four Battle of Nantwich talks with different themes will take place at the museum throughout January, as well as three Civil War Walking Tours. This year's events will culminate with a Battle of ...