Pandemic Article and Photos O’ Day 149

1988 – More than 45 years after internment of Japanese Americans began, the U.S. government authorizes reparations payments to the … More

Pandemic Video, Articles, and Photo O’ Day 131

1910 – White man in Montgomery, Alabama, avoids prosecution after killing black taxi driver, Mitchell Johnson, who had him arrested … More

1887 – Investigation by grand jury in Hinds County, Mississippi finds that prisoners in the state’s convict leasing system are … More

1855 – Celia, a 19 year-old enslaved black woman whose white “owner” repeatedly raped her, kills him during an attempted … More

Perhaps the most exciting part of this post is above, in the header. You may recall that I wrote about … More

It is much too far past midnight (0159) as I stayed up getting my assignments posted for Monday’s “Remote Learning.” … More

It’s well after midnight (0217) so I need to keep this post from Monday brief. I encountered each of these … More

I’ve been thinking about writing this post – the second in this important feature – for a while now. But … More

Happy Spy Wednesday! I’m posting this much later than planned as I’ve been busy this morning with school related “distance … More

The state flag of Mississippi was in the news again this week when the leadership of Ole Miss voted to … More