Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote during the Mississippi Freedom Summer ...

What started as a one-summer program was stretched into two summers and is now being folded into Unit 5's existing summer school structure because the demand has been so great.

London wants to be a scientist when he grows up. He's improving at reading, and math, and believing in himself through Saint Paul Public Schools' Freedom School Express. "I learned to not be a mean ...

but she is most well known for co-founding the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Passionately fighting for equal voting ...

Later that summer, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party sent a delegation to the Democratic National Convention, where Fannie Lou Hamer testified on national television about the abuse she ...

Watching the Super Bowl isn't for everybody, so if you're looking for something to do in Hattiesburg on Sunday, try one of ...

Mr. Gaither spent the rest of the summer as a key logistician and ... At one point, there were more than 300 Freedom Riders at Mississippi’s state penitentiary, known as Parchman Farm.

The general’s campaign through the South is known for its brutality against civilians. For the enslaved who followed his army ...

The Village Voice surveys a selection of books and online resources that map out resistance to Donald Trump’s racist and authoritarian goals.

Catch up with the latest from the Mississippi legislative session with our weekly recap from the politics team.

If you're interested in civil rights history, Hattiesburg played an important role in the Freedom Summer of 1964 ... themes that include the legendary Mississippi crossroads, steampunk ...