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- It's been 60 years since civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered outside his Mississippi home. Several events have been held in Mississippi this month to commemorate the work of Evers and his widow Myrlie, who is now 90. (June 12) (AP Video: Emily Wagster Pettus)
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60 years after Medgar Evers' murder, his widow continues a civil rights legacy
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Sun,06/11/23-11:02PM , 595 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — At 90, Myrlie Evers-Williams still speaks in a clear, strong voice as she says she terribly misses her first love, civil rights icon Medgar Evers, and as she reflects on his work — and her own — to push the U.S. toward a promise of equality and justice for all.
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- Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor, speaks a news conference Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Presley said that as governor, he will press legislators to pass an ethics package that includes limits on campaign contributions, a requirement for frequent reports of how lobbyists are providing meals or gifts for public officials and a ban on former state officials quickly becoming lobbyists. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Presley gets Mississippi Democratic nod for governor without party primary, after court ruling
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,06/08/23-3:57PM , 419 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Utility regulator Brandon Presley is now uncontested for the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor this year after the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that another Democratic candidate waited too long to challenge being kept off the ballot.
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- The LGBTQ+ pride flag flies beneath the American flag at the Stonewall National Monument, Oct. 11, 2017, in New York. Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough has authorized flying of the LGBTQ+ pride flag at all VA facilities throughout Pride Month, VA Press Secretary Terrence Hayes said in a statement on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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LGBTQ+ pride flags at VA facilities in Mississippi draw GOP criticism, protests
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,06/06/23-2:37PM , 619 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — All the Republicans in Mississippi's congressional delegation are demanding that the Veterans Administration remove an LGBTQ+ pride flag from the Biloxi National Cemetery, and some residents on the Mississippi Gulf Coast are protesting a pride flag that's flying at a VA hospital.
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- Jackson residents and supporters march with members of the Poor People's Campaign of Mississippi to the Governor's Mansion in Jackson, Miss., to protest water system problems, poverty and other issues, Oct. 10, 2022. A lawsuit filed Friday, June 2, 2023, challenges a new Mississippi law that will require people to receive state law enforcement permission before protests near state government buildings in Jackson. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, file)
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Mississippi harms free speech by requiring state permits before protests, lawsuit says
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,06/05/23-1:09PM , 444 Reads
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