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Jul 25, 2014

Continuing the Conversation After Arizona's Execution

By Alison Steiner, President, ACLU of Mississippi Board of Directors

"The capital punishment system is discriminatory and arbitrary and inherently violates the Constitutional ban...

By Alison Steiner, President, ACLU of Mississippi Board of Directors

"The capital punishment system is discriminatory and arbitrary and inherently violates the Constitutional ban...

Jul 2, 2014

Reflecting on Freedom Summer Youth Congress

By Jed Oppenheim, Advocacy Coordinator

They came from all over. By bus, train, airplane and car. From June 23-28, young people from all over Mississippi and our country came to...

By Jed Oppenheim, Advocacy Coordinator

They came from all over. By bus, train, airplane and car. From June 23-28, young people from all over Mississippi and our country came to...

Jun 4, 2014

In the Shadow of Freedom Summer

I was born in November 1965, a little over a year after my next oldest sister, Bettye. She was born in the middle of Freedom Summer. We grew up with our older siblings in Meridian, MS. 2505 ½ Fifth Street,...

May 9, 2014

What Happened to Protect and Serve?

By Jennifer Riley-Collins, Executive Director and Charles B. Irvin, Legal Director

Last year, we co-sponsored the “Not Here, Never Again” event on the anniversary of the birth of Emmitt Till. We held...

By Jennifer Riley-Collins, Executive Director and Charles B. Irvin, Legal Director

Last year, we co-sponsored the “Not Here, Never Again” event on the anniversary of the birth of Emmitt Till. We held...

Apr 30, 2014

How a Special Needs Kid Gets Handcuffed and Thrown in Jail

By Carmel Ferrer

Like nearly...

By Carmel Ferrer

Like nearly...

Apr 16, 2014

Here We Go Again

As I watched Spies of Mississippi by Dawn Porter, I am struck by that odd feeling of déjà vu. While the focus of the documentary is the Sovereignty Commission, it plumbs truer to capturing the ...