When you think and talk about the role Mississippi played in the Civil Rights Movement, you can’t mention it without talking about Annie Devine.

In 1968, he became the first Black person to serve in the Legislature since Reconstruction. Shunned by colleagues at first, ...

She was 17 years old at the time and said that she was once jailed for her advocacy with civil rights legend Fannie Lou Hamer ...

Released on $50 bond. Aberdeen: Two delegates from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City, James Carr and Cora Smith, served with summonses ...

both through her SNCC work and as one of the founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), which challenged the dominant force in Mississippi politics, the pro-segregation ...

(Original Caption) 8/22/1964-Atlantic City, NJ-: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegate Fanny Hamer speaks out for the meeting of her delegates at a credential meeting prior to the formal ...

Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker of the 20th century died Tuesday. Robert G. Clark's son and successor, state Rep.