The University Greys (or Grays) were Company A of the 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Part of the Army of Northern Virginia, the Greys served ...

Tommy Foltz is an editorial writer for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Even though the attacks against Israel happened one year ago, Mississippi’s policy towards the Middle East goes back much ...

Mississippians pride themselves on their contribution to society at large, and many have done just that with distinction.

Octavius Catto, a 32-year-old educator and civil rights activist who had pushed for Black Americans to be treated as equal citizens, was assassinated during an election day uprising in Philadelphia, ...

Visitors listen to the "ghosts" of Catherine Van Valkenburg Waite (portrayed by Krys Plate) and John Van Valkenburg ...

Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America The University of Southern Mississippi’s Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage launched a new longform podcast about ...

A century ago, when Congress passed the Indian Citizenship Act, key questions about Native sovereignty were left unresolved.

How and why John Pembleton came to Burlington has been lost to history. The records are spotty but it is believed he once ...

What was the Great Migration? According to the National Archives, “it was one of the largest movements of people in United States history. Approximately six million Black people moved from the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Supreme Court has said it will decide whether to halt a US$10 billion lawsuit filed by Mexico ...

Col. John M. Simonton of the 1st Mississippi Regiment in 1862, after being captured at Fort Donelson. Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids. Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or ...