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#NNPA BlackPress5 years ago

Blacks Make up Majority of Inmates in Mississippi’s Debtors Prison

NNPA NEWSWIRE — An investigation led by The Marshall Project and the nonprofit Mississippi Today discovered that hundreds of Mississippi residents – the majority being black...
#NNPA BlackPress5 years ago

Inhumane Conditions, Violence and Death Represents Everyday Life at Mississippi’s Parchman Prison

NNPA NEWSWIRE — On Tuesday, January 14, hip-hop superstar Jay-Z sued the head of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and the warden on behalf of 29...
Entertainment9 years ago

B.B. King to be Laid to Rest Next Week in Mississippi Delta

EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The body of blues legend B.B. King will return next week to the Mississippi Delta where his...
Entertainment9 years ago

B.B. King to be Laid to Rest Next Week in Mississippi Delta

EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The body of blues legend B.B. King will return next week to the Mississippi Delta where his...
Uncategorized10 years ago

Book Tells Inspiring Life Stories of Women of the Mississippi Delta

Feeling the emotional pull to reconnect to her grandmother’s wisdom and her African-American heritage, award winning photojournalist Alysia Burton Steele embarked on a personal mission to...

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