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On October 1, 1962, James Meredith became the first African American to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Segregationists ...

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In February of 1934, Tupelo became the first city to purchase electrical power from the new Tennessee Valley Authority, the ...

Many of today's most famous actors call Mississippi home. In fact, you may see a few of them at the Academy Awards. Learn more ...

Each week in 2017,

This week we celebrate Veterans Day, and all those Mississippians who have served. This is the story of one: Van Barfoot of ...

In 1900 the Mississippi Legislature decided a new capitol building was needed. Learn more at http://www.mpbonline.org.

On May 4, 1961, young black and white activists left Washington, D.C. to travel by bus into the South. Along the way, these ...

After six weeks of bombardment and

Prohibition in the United States ended in 1933, but that wasn't the case in Mississippi. Our State didn't repeal it until 1966.

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Chad Daniels speaks about the support Mississippi has traditionally shown to military personnel. He and William “Bud” Kirkpatrick ...

On December 10, 1817 – two hundred years ago this week – Mississippi became the 20th state in the Union. Former territorial ...

In 1862, Corinth, Mississippi, was in the crosshairs. Both the Union and the Confederacy recognized the strategic significance of ...

Mississippi is one of America's most fertile creative regions. Literary giants like Tennessee Williams, William Faulkner, Richard ...

Born 120 years ago this week in New Albany, Faulkner used the Mississippi he knew as the foundation for his novels. He created ...

For a state of fewer than three million, the artistic talent coming from Mississippi is truly staggering. Consider our painters.