Do you know why Jackson is the state capital? The city was founded in 1821. Here's this history of how it became the seat of ...

Mississippi is steeped in Black history and culture, from Civil Rights sites that spurred national change to the delta -the birthplace of the blues.

STARKVILLE, Miss.—As students return to classrooms this fall, a new textbook revised by a Mississippi State veteran educator sheds new light on the Magnolia State’s history. Kenneth Anthony (Photo by ...

Did you know Mississippi has the oldest public historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the country? Several of the oldest schools in the state, including private and public options, are ...

WE HAVE BEEN TAKING YOU ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO LEARN THE STORIES OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT, WORKED AND LIVED DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT... AND TODAY WE ARE BRINGING OUR HISTORY AND HOPE SERIES BACK ...

JACKSON, Miss. — It's been 70 years since the lynching of Emmett Till, a Black teenager from Chicago who was visiting relatives in Mississippi. White men kidnapped, tortured, shot, and dumped him in a ...

Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves defended declaring April as Confederate History Month, telling the Daily Caller in an exclusive interview that he thinks “everyone should learn from our history ...

Spring break in Mississippi offers far more than one kind of getaway. From Gulf Coast festivals and family-friendly ...

U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Mary Werner, Mississippi Education Board Member, penned an op-ed in Mississippi Today on the importance of keeping the U.S. history assessment in public schools ...