Last 2 Mississippi ex-officers to be sentenced for torturing 2 Black men in racist assault
JACKSON, Miss. — Sentencing concludes Thursday with the last two of six white former officers in Mississippi who pleaded guilty…
Sentencing continues for deputies who tortured 2 Black men in racist assault
JACKSON, Miss. — Sentencing continues Wednesday for white former law enforcement officers in Mississippi who pleaded guilty last year to…
Georgia county seeking to dismiss lawsuit by slave descendants over rezoning of their island homes
SAVANNAH, Ga. — County commissioners in Georgia are asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit by Black residents descended…
Mississippi school district named in desegregation lawsuit is allowed to shed federal supervision
JACKSON, Miss. — A majority-Black Mississippi school district received a judge’s approval Tuesday to shed federal supervision in a decades-old…