From Hattiesburg to Jackson and beyond, experience monumental Civil Rights sites along the Mississippi Freedom Trail!

Medgar Evers' death became a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement, sparking nationwide protests and pushing civil rights to the frontline of the world.

On Feb. 5, 1919, screen legends Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith formed United Artists.

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A 1954 photo by Leland Heppner captures Alton's Knights of Columbus Mardi Gras celebration, marking the start of Lent.

In 1994, he served as a court-appointed defense attorney for Byron De La Beckwith, the Citizens Council member who assassinated Mississippi civil-rights leader Medgar Evers outside his Jackson ...

1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, officially ending the Mexican-American War. 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum Run ended as the last of a series of dog mushers brought life-saving ...

Read through the nominees and cast your vote. Voting will conclude Sunday at 11:59 p.m. PT and the winner will be announced ...

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Jan. 18 at Beckwith Recital Hall ... Márquez's "Octeto Malandro," aka the "Misbehaving Octet"; Bohuslav Martinu's "La Revue de Cuisine," which is a ballet about a romance between enchanted ...

In 1917, the U.S. Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto, an act that severely curtailed Asian immigration and mandated immigrant literacy testing.