Posts Tagged ‘university of mississippi’
Class valedictorian Khadeeja Franklin makes history at Vancleave High
In a graduating class where less than 10 percent of students are black – Khadeeja Franklin is the pupil on top. Franklin made history on May 14 when she graduated from Vancleave High School as class valedictorian, but she’s the second-ever black student to hold that title at the top performing public school located in…
Read MoreAnother racist frat boy: Grame Phillip Harris faces prison time for intimidating Blacks
Alpharetta, Georgia, native Grame Phillip Harris, 20, allegedly hung a noose on the statue of James Meredith at the University of Mississippi. Meredith was the first Black student at the university. Harris has been indicted by the Justice Department on one count of conspiracy to violate civil rights and one count of using a threat of force…
Read MoreObama’s re-election sparks race riot at Ole Miss
Police learned of the riot on Twitter.
Read MoreMississippi: The Most Racist State in America Produced 3 Black Ph.D.s in Chemistry
Mississippi: The Most Racist State When you think of racism, segregation and the civil rights movement, it is likely that the state of Mississippi is the first state that comes to mind. Whether it is it’s ugly historical past and the memories of the murders of 14-year-old Emmitt Till in 1955, Medgar Evers, or…
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