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Martin Luther King Jr. · RidgelandMAY 11, 1968 Five-year-old Veronica Pitt touches a tattered poster of Martin Luther King Jr. as she and her 3-year-old brother Raythorn leave Resurrection City with other evacuees on May 24, 1968. Credit: Bob Daugherty. The Poor People’s Campaign arrived in Washington, D.C. A town called “Resurrection City” was erected as a tribute to the slain Martin Luther King Jr. King had conceived the campaign, which was led by his successor at the head o…See the Story
On this day in 1968
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Tate Reeves · RidgelandLegislators might not have much notice on whether they will be called back to the Mississippi Capitol for one final day of the 2024 session. Speaker Jason White, who presides over the House, and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, who presides over the Senate, must decide in the coming days whether to reconvene the Legislature for one final day in the 2024 session on Tuesday at 1 p.m. Lawmakers left Jackson on May 4. But under the joint resolution passed…See the Story
Lawmakers may have to return to Capitol May 14 to override Gov. Tate Reeves' potential vetoes
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John Lewis · RidgelandMAY 10, 2007 Left to right, John Lewis, Ralph Abernathy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Andrew Young attended the 1965 funeral of Jimmie Lee Jackson, whose death inspired the Selma march to Montgomery. Credit: AP An Alabama grand jury indicted former state trooper James Bonard Fowler for the Feb. 18, 1965, killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson, who was trying to protect his mother from being beaten at Mack’s Café. At Jackson’s funeral, Martin Luther King J…See the Story
On this day in 2007
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Ridgeland, Mississippi · RidgelandA capital murder investigation helped lead to unrelated federal charges against former Noxubee County Sheriff Terry Grassaree and his deputy that involved the sexual abuse of a jailed woman. On Tuesday, Grassaree pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI when he denied receiving nude photos and videos from a woman locked in his jail. He faces up to five years in federal prison when he is sentenced Aug. 7. Ex-Noxubee County Sheriff Terry Grassaree heads…See the Story
'This doesn't need to be a slap on the wrist,' DA says of Noxubee County case
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