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‘May his light continue to guide us’: Civil rights leader Bob Moses dies at 86
By Kayleigh Skinner and Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 187 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 09:06 AM
Robert “Bob” Parris Moses, a civil rights leader, educational advocate and pioneer in grassroots community organizing whose efforts played a key role in helping Black Mississippians gain basic rights, died Sunday at 86.
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Insurrection investigation: Full opening statement from Congressman Bennie Thompson
By Mississippi Today, 177 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 11:30 AM
Editor’s note: On July 27, Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson convened the House select committee that was formed to investigate the causes of the Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol. Below is his full opening statement.
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Annalyn Swan is an official panelist in this year’s Mississippi Book Festival on Aug. 21. Photo courtesy Annalyn Swan.

‘The more quirky and eccentric the person, the better’: How Annalyn Swan fell in love with biographical writing
By Molly Minta - Mississippi Today, 86 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 09:12 AM
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With insurrection investigation underway, the nation’s eyes turn toward Bennie Thompson
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 143 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 11:36 AM
Below is a political analysis column by Bobby Harrison:
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Voters filled every available space inside the community room of The Mark Apartments in Ridgeland. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Mississippi does not have to change law to make voting hard. It already is.
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 224 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 09:30 AM
Below is a political opinion column from Bobby Harrison:

States like Texas, Georgia and Florida that have been in the national news recently for efforts that many say will make it more difficult for their citizens to vote still have a long way to go to catch Mississippi.
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Ole Miss football great Patrick Willis will go into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Saturday. Credit: Ole Miss Athletics

Miss. Sports Hall of Fame approaches biggest night in its 60-year history
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 225 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 12:00 PM
Sixty years into its existence, the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame this week prepares for the biggest weekend in its history. That’s no exaggeration.
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Parchman prison. Jan. 10, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

Mississippi Department of Corrections cancels prison visitation to prevent spread of COVID
By Brittany Brown - Mississippi Today, 184 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 01:36 PM
Visitation at all Mississippi Department of Corrections prisons has been suspended, Commissioner Burl Cain said in an internal memo Monday.
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Students participate in class during the first day of school at Neshoba County Central Middle School on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

Teachers union calls on Reeves to mandate masks in schools
By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 191 Reads
Mon, 07/26/2021 - 01:48 PM
The state’s teachers union is calling on Gov. Tate Reeves to mandate masks in schools in the fall.
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Governor Tate Reeves delivers the State of the State address on the steps of the State Capitol Tuesday afternoon. Reeves spoke of a better Mississippi through better education, jobs and unity. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Other governors use bully pulpits, incentives to urge vaccination. Where’s Gov. Reeves?
By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, 98 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 05:06 PM
Below is a political analysis column by Geoff Pender:

As a more virulent strain of COVID-19 rips through states with low vaccination rates, many governors are using their megaphones and-or state resources to urge residents to get inoculated and overcome vaccine hesitancy and misinformation.
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In this 2014 file photo, Robert “Bob” Moses, the former Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee project director, discusses the importance of Freedom Summer 1964 during the 50th Anniversary conference at Tougaloo College in Jackson. Moses, a civil rights activist, died Sunday in Hollywood, Florida. He was 86. (By The Associated Press)

Robert Moses, 1960s civil rights activist, dies at age of 86
By Associated Press, 182 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 02:00 AM
Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who was shot at and endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died. He was 86.
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‘May his light continue to guide us’: Civil rights leader Bob Moses dies at 86

Insurrection investigation: Full opening statement from Congressman Bennie Thompson

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With insurrection investigation underway, the nation’s eyes turn toward Bennie Thompson

Mississippi does not have to change law to make voting hard. It already is.

Miss. Sports Hall of Fame approaches biggest night in its 60-year history

Mississippi Department of Corrections cancels prison visitation to prevent spread of COVID

Teachers union calls on Reeves to mandate masks in schools

Other governors use bully pulpits, incentives to urge vaccination. Where’s Gov. Reeves?

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