Posts tagged BLM protests
Presumed Innocent, And Dead
Presumed Innocent, And Dead

Best-selling author John Grisham reflects on the racial inequities in America's criminal justice system.

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News, Civil RIghtsKatherine MitchellMississippi Center for Investigative ReportingJohn Grisham, George Floyd, George Floyd murder, Rayshard Brooks, mass incarceration, black prisoners, bail reform, black American, resist arrest, militarization of police, surplus sold to police, protests, BLM protests, race, criminal justice, criminal justice system, innocence project
Ole Miss reaches crossroads in racial justice
Ole Miss reaches crossroads in racial justice

The tipping point to a decades-long debate at Ole Miss came 900 miles from the north with the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of a police officer.

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News, Civil RIghts, Mississippi NewsKatherine MitchellMississippi Center for Investigative ReportingCivil Rights, Black Lives Matter, Ole Miss, George Floyd, BLM protests, Oxford protest, confederate monument, ole miss campus, Rickey Scott, University Greys, University of Mississippi, Jim Crow laws, state college board, Glenn Boyce, IHL, Mississippi state flag, James Meredith, black student union, move statue, Carter Diggs