Mississippi /tags/mississippi Mississippi en-US Copyright Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:53:07 GMT 'Till' forgotten at Oscars, but not in Mound Bayou, Mississippi /arts-culture/2023-03-10/till-movie-forgotten-oscars-mound-bayou-mississippi Leoneda Inge speaks with the director of the Mound Bayou Museum in the Mississippi Delta and how it features articles and props from the "Women of the Movement" miniseries about the lynching of Black teenager, Emmett Till. Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:53:07 GMT /arts-culture/2023-03-10/till-movie-forgotten-oscars-mound-bayou-mississippi Leoneda Inge Black man appealing his conviction stemming from a 2020 traffic stop by a white officer in NC /news/2022-06-22/black-man-appealing-his-conviction-from-a-2020-traffic-stop-by-a-white-officer-in-nc-mountains The appeal makes multiple references to the fact that the traffic stop involving Marvin Minor occurred two months after George Floyd was murdered by a white Minneapolis police officer. Wed, 22 Jun 2022 21:38:25 GMT /news/2022-06-22/black-man-appealing-his-conviction-from-a-2020-traffic-stop-by-a-white-officer-in-nc-mountains Associated Press Emmett Till investigation closed by feds; no new charges /news/2021-12-07/emmett-till-investigation-closed-feds-no-new-charges-donham-tyson Officials reopened an investigation after a 2017 book quoted Carolyn Bryant Donham as saying she lied when she claimed Till grabbed her. The Justice Department says there's insufficient evidence to prove Donham ever told the author that any part of her trial testimony was untrue. Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:58:57 GMT /news/2021-12-07/emmett-till-investigation-closed-feds-no-new-charges-donham-tyson Associated Press Fireworks And Four-Wheelers: Finding Freedom And Culture In Mississippi /wunc-youth-reporting-institute/2021-09-08/fireworks-wheelers-freedom-southern-culture-family-youth-summer-2021-land-farm-mississippi For վ’s 2021 Youth Reporting Institute, students were tasked with telling stories that amplify their communities. William Townsend, from southeast Raleigh, North Carolina, decided to uncover what freedom looks like at his family home in Scobey, Mississippi. Wed, 08 Sep 2021 12:07:42 GMT /wunc-youth-reporting-institute/2021-09-08/fireworks-wheelers-freedom-southern-culture-family-youth-summer-2021-land-farm-mississippi William Townsend Amplifying Voices: Checking In With վ's Youth Reporting Institute /wunc-youth-reporting-institute/2021-08-25/amplifying-voices-wunc-youth-reporting-stevens-townsend-bedreddine-sintayehu As they developed their radio journalism skills in a hybrid program, members of վ's Youth Reporting Institute unlocked new ways to make connections with various communities while amplifying diverse voices. Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:42:36 GMT /wunc-youth-reporting-institute/2021-08-25/amplifying-voices-wunc-youth-reporting-stevens-townsend-bedreddine-sintayehu Kamaya Truitt, Charlie Shelton-Ormond A 20 Year Experiment In Cooperative Farming In The Mississippi Delta /race-demographics/2018-01-09/a-20-year-experiment-in-cooperative-farming-in-the-mississippi-delta An interracial farmer’s co-op built upon the principles of cooperative communalism existed for 20 years in rural Mississippi. Scholar Robert Hunt Ferguson… Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:27:00 GMT /race-demographics/2018-01-09/a-20-year-experiment-in-cooperative-farming-in-the-mississippi-delta Frank Stasio, Dana Terry A 20 Year Experiment In Cooperative Farming In The Mississippi Delta /show/the-state-of-things/2018-01-09/a-20-year-experiment-in-cooperative-farming-in-the-mississippi-delta An interracial farmer’s co-op built upon the principles of cooperative communalism existed for 20 years in rural Mississippi. Scholar Robert Hunt Ferguson… Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:27:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-01-09/a-20-year-experiment-in-cooperative-farming-in-the-mississippi-delta Frank Stasio, Dana Terry Meet Bill Ferris, Preserving The Voices Of The South /arts-culture/2016-05-16/meet-bill-ferris-preserving-the-voices-of-the-south Note: This program is a rebroadcast from Monday, December 7. When Bill Ferris meets someone, he usually asks, “Where are you from?” The simple question… Mon, 16 May 2016 15:41:00 GMT /arts-culture/2016-05-16/meet-bill-ferris-preserving-the-voices-of-the-south Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio Meet Bill Ferris, Preserving The Voices Of The South /show/the-state-of-things/2016-05-16/meet-bill-ferris-preserving-the-voices-of-the-south Note: This program is a rebroadcast from Monday, December 7. When Bill Ferris meets someone, he usually asks, “Where are you from?” The simple question… Mon, 16 May 2016 15:41:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-05-16/meet-bill-ferris-preserving-the-voices-of-the-south Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio 'A Chance For Change' Examines Voting Rights And Education In Mississippi /politics/2016-05-05/a-chance-for-change-examines-voting-rights-and-education-in-mississippi In 1965, a Head Start program called the Child Development Group of Mississippi offered an alternative education for children in low-income communities.… Thu, 05 May 2016 16:00:46 GMT /politics/2016-05-05/a-chance-for-change-examines-voting-rights-and-education-in-mississippi Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio