The King of Blues, B.B. King, and civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers were given a centennial celebration for all of ...

Myrlie Evers writes: "My husband believed that Mississippi could be a wonderful place if we handled the problems of race, ...

Juan Williams’ latest dissection of the Civil Rights Movement, “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement,” is a masterful sequel to his 1987 best-seller — “Eyes on ...

In Mississippi, Medgar Evers and other African American applicants ... "Their cause must be our cause, too," he said, referring to civil rights activists. "[A]ll of us... must overcome the ...

For the second consecutive time, the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson has been nominated for the best history ...

Buie’s great-uncle was civil rights and voting rights activist Vernon F. Dahmer. “He worked with Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King, and he walked with the civil rights activists,” she said.