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Who is Carolyn Donham? The catalyst for the Emmett Till lynching who is still alive today

The lynching of Emmett Till in 1955 propelled the civil rights movement in the US forward — the woman whose allegations prompted the killing is still alive today.

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OLD Emmett Till’s accuser Carolyn Bryant Donham dies, family is still searching for justice

Nobody has been convicted of any crimes in connection with the 14-year-old’s lynching in 1955

The Independent UK

Grand jury declines to indict woman in Emmett Till killing

A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago

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Mississippi grand jury declines to indict white woman whose accusations led to Emmett Till lynching

Brutal 1955 incident helped galvanise civil rights movement

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Viral video of Mississippi arrest sparks investigation

An incident involving a white Mississippi Highway Patrol officer and three Black men is under investigation after a viral video showed the officer putting a handcuffed man into a chokehold and wrestling him into a ditch

The Independent UK

This week in history: Bodies of 3 Freedom Summer workers found in Mississippi

On Aug. 5, 1964, authorities located the murdered bodies of James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner — three Freedom Summer workers in Meridian, Miss. — in a shallow grave in nearby Philadelphia, Miss. Here’s how the Chicago Daily News covered the tragedy.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Guard cat’ named Bandit thwarts armed robbery at owner’s Mississippi home

Bandit, a Mississippi calico, was hailed by her 68-year-old human as a “guard cat”

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Airbnb apologizes for slave cabin for rent in Mississippi

The listing was lambasted in a viral TikTok video and was taken down by the company

The Guardian - US

Airbnb apologises for ‘slave cabin’ listing in Mississippi

Company took action after TikTok of Panther Burn Cottage at Belmont Plantation went viral

The Independent UK

Sex workers are heroes in "P-Valley"

Salon talks to the "P-Valley" creator about centering unheralded essential worker perspectives during the pandemic

Salon

Staying ‘home’ with Seahawks was important for DK Metcalf during contract talks

RENTON, Wash. — Maybe it was as simple as this.

Tribune News Service

Republican-led states sue Department of Agriculture over nondiscrimination school meal guidance

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery (R), joined by 21 Republican attorneys general, filed a lawsuit on July 26, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee that aimed to overturn guidance from the Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service.…

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CDC issues alert after potentially deadly bacteria detected in U.S. soil for first time

It was found along the Gulf Coast region of Southern Mississippi near the homes of two people who were hospitalized after becoming sick.

Axios

Republicans insist most gun violence happens in Democratic cities – the figures tell a different story

Conservatives like to paint Democratic states as crime-ridden warzones, but gun violence is worse in red states, Josh Marcus writes

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Mississippi drops attorney investigating welfare abuse

A Mississippi state agency has dropped its attorney investigating millions in misspent welfare dollars

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Powerful first trailer of Emmett Till biopic shows his mother’s fight for justice

14-year-old Emmett Till’s brutal murder by white men in 1955 Mississippi sparked the civil rights movement

The Independent UK

Mississippi public schools can make their own gun policies

Mississippi education officials are making clear after recent mass shootings in the U.S. that school districts in their state can make their own rules for letting armed people with enhanced licenses onto school grounds

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Mississippi police chief fired after bragging about killing 13 people in slur-filled leaked audio

City leadership votes to remove Lexington police chief following racist, expletive-filled recording

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String quartet brings music to inmates in Mississippi prison

The Mississippi Department of Corrections says a string quartet has brought classical music into a prison

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Crowd protests relocation of abortion clinic to New Mexico

Anti-abortion activists have converged in southern New Mexico to protest relocation plans by the Mississippi clinic at the center of the court battle that overturned the Roe v. Wade court decision that legalized abortion nationwide

Chicago Tribune

Emmett Till’s Chicago home to get preservation funds

CHICAGO — Emmett Till left his mother’s house on Chicago’s South Side in 1955 to visit relatives in Mississippi, where the Black teenager was abducted and brutally slain for reportedly whistling at a white woman.

The Independent UK

Mississippi abortion clinic at centre of Supreme Court case drops lawsuit against state’s ban

Jackson Women’s Health Organization’s iconic ‘Pink House’ clinic closed its doors in the ruling’s aftermath

Tribune News Service

The Braves have an All-Star third baseman again. His name is Austin Riley.

LOS ANGELES — An All-Star performance brought this Mississippi kid to Southern California.

The Independent UK

Owner: Mississippi abortion clinic is sold, won't reopen

The owner of Mississippi's only abortion clinic says she's sold the building and will not reopen the clinic even if a state court allows her to do so

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs draft Oklahoma righty Cade Horton with 7th overall pick

Horton struck out 49 in his last 31 innings for the Sooners, including a 13-strikeout performance against eventual champion Mississippi at the College World Series.

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