Martin Luther King Jr. Day is always scheduled to take place ... Trump wants federal workers in the office. How many Mississippi employees work from home? President Trump renames Gulf of Mexico ...

During Martin Luther King Jr.'s years of public appearances, he visited S.C. 10 times between 1959 and 1967, favoring the Penn Center in as a special retreat.

This weekend kicks off a host of celebration events honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The city of Jackson had its annual Martin Luther King Jr. parade at Freedom Corner. The parade included dozens of bands from the Mississippi Delta and New Orleans,

The orders encompass everything from migration to TikTok to climate change and could have major implications for our communities.

Ahead of the spring semester, nine students traveled to Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Mississippi, as part of a community-engaged learning trip led by the Swearer Center and in partnership with Tougaloo College.

Karlous Miller recently found himself at the center of backlash after sharing an AI-generated image of himself with Martin Luther King Jr. at a riot. In the now-deleted X post, the 41-year-old comedian, actor, and rapper jokingly mocked the daughter of the civil rights leader, writing: “Don’t let Bernice see this one.”

The quote was genuine and its attribution to the civil rights leader was accurate. King said the phrase verbatim in at least two speeches delivered in 1956 and 1959. King, who was assassinated in 1968,

Troops have been previously deployed in the U.S. by presidents, including George H.W. Bush and John F. Kennedy.

The following five stories are a great place to start if you’re interested in learning about historic places, people and events that are tied to Shreveport and connected to the American

Yamiche Alcindor’s “ah-ha” moment came when she was in high school and heard the story of Emmett Till, a Black teen from Chicago who was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman.

Monday is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, which honors his legacy during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. A product of the movement is Mississippi