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BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi’ by Wright Thompson

by Terri Schlichenmeyer September 25, 2024September 25, 2024

**FILE** James Lawson (ufcw770, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

MORIAL: Rev. James Lawson, an Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement

by Marc H. Morial June 26, 2024June 26, 2024

**FILE** James Lawson (ufcw770, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

The Rev. James Lawson Jr., Original Freedom Rider and Apostle of Nonviolence, Dies at 95

by Stacy M. Brown June 11, 2024June 17, 2024

The emblematic photo of Septima Poinsette Clark 1987, from “I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker’s Portraits of Remarkable Black Women” is currently at the National Portrait Gallery (Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © Brian Lanker Archive)

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Black History, Women’s History — Septima Clark

by Marian Wright Edelman March 6, 2024March 11, 2024

Martin Luther King Jr.

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: A Call and Choice

by Marian Wright Edelman January 24, 2024January 24, 2024

**FILE** Martin Luther King speaking at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963

WILLIAMS: Still Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

by E. Faye Williams January 17, 2024January 17, 2024

Has the Dream Become a Nightmare?

by Jeffrey L. Boney January 17, 2024January 17, 2024

Protesters stand in solidarity with Palestinians on Nov. 4 in Washington, D.C.. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)

EDITORIAL: Let the Young People Speak

by WI Editorial Staff January 17, 2024January 17, 2024

Medgar Evers

Mississippi Leaders Unite in Plea to Honor Medgar Evers with Medal of Freedom

by Stacy M. Brown November 7, 2023November 7, 2023

From left: Yolanda Renee King, Andrea Waters King, Martin Luther King Jr. III, Rev. Al Sharpton, an unidentified marcher, Robert Smith, and Sacha Baron Cohen on the front line during the 60th-anniversary commemoration of the March on Washington at Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 26, 2023. (Shedrick Pelt @sdotpdotmedia/The Washington Informer)

March on Washington 2023

March on Washington 60th Anniversary Emphasizes Continued Civil Rights Struggle

by Stacy M. Brown and Hamil R. Harris August 26, 2023August 30, 2023