President Visit to Civil Rights Museum Draws Ire
April Ryan
December 5, 2017
A member of the NAACP National Board says it is an insult for President Trump to attend the Saturday dedication of the Civil Rights Museum
Posts tagged: Mississippi
Tag: Mississippi
Emmett Till’s Cousin Passes
AURN Newsroom
September 6, 2017
Simeon Wright, who was with his cousin Emmett Till when the Chicago boy was kidnapped in 1955 after allegedly whistling at a white woman in
Emmett Till Painting Draws Controversy
Tanya Hart
March 28, 2017
A painting of Emmett Till hanging embedded with the prestigious body of work in Whitney Biennial has stirred conversation on cultural appropriation, artistic ownership and
Civil Rights Group Supports Young Woman Slated for Deportation
Tanya Hart
March 8, 2017
A major civil rights group and an immigration law organization are arguing in a court petition that Immigration and Customs Enforcement targeted a young woman
Texas Judge Rules on Planned Parenthood Injunction
Tanya Hart
February 22, 2017
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Texas can’t cut off Medicaid dollars to Planned Parenthood over secretly recorded videos taken by anti-abortion activists in 2015
Alarming Billboard With Trump Slogan Raising Eyebrows
AURN Newsroom
November 18, 2016
A billboard seen along Interstate 80 in Pearl, Mississippi is raising a lot of eyebrows, particularly because of its depiction of a dark page in
Mississippi Church Torched & Vandalized With Pro-Trump Message
AURN Newsroom
November 3, 2016
An FBI spokesman says the agency has begun a civil rights investigation of a fire that heavily damaged a black church in Greenville, Mississippi.
Noose Put on Black Student’s Neck in Mississippi
AURN Newsroom
October 25, 2016
The Mississippi NAACP president is calling for a federal hate-crimes investigation after the parents of a black high school student say some white students put
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