This weekend is Memorial Day Weekend! What are your plans? Known informally as the unofficial start of summer, Memorial Day is the national holiday set aside to honor those who died fighting for our country, but did you know that the Memorial Day celebration in the United States was started by Black people, specifically emancipated […]

This weekend is Memorial Day Weekend! What are your plans? Known informally as the unofficial start of summer, Memorial Day is the national holiday set aside to honor those who died fighting for our country, but did you know that the Memorial Day celebration in the United States was started by Black people, specifically emancipated […]

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War when the nation was divided over the issue of slavery. During that time, many…

Mississippi seceded from the Union 150 years ago this week (Jan. 9). But the intermittent, sometimes bitter, argument over whether the Civil War was “about slavery” again is the focus of public debate.