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Mississippi: The Next Stage for Progressivism?new

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s began with black students' protest at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. Mississippi later became its most heated battleground. Is Mississippi the next stage for today's movement of progressive activism?
Jackson Free Press  |  Joe Atkins  |  09-18-2014  |  Civil Liberties

Keeping Seale Freenew

On Jan. 26, 2007, two days after a federal grand jury indicted former Klansman James Ford Seale with three counts of kidnapping and conspiracy, his defense attorneys moved to dismiss all charges on the grounds that the charges violated the statute of limitations.
Jackson Free Press  |  Matt Saldana  |  09-18-2008  |  Civil Liberties

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