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- Phone: (601) 362-6121
More by Ward Schaefer
NAACP Pushes Federal Investigation of Hanging in Mississippinew
Two workers found 26-year-old Frederick Jermaine Carter's body Dec. 3 hanging from a tree limb in predominantly white north Greenwood, Miss. Carter, who was African American, worked with his stepfather on a painting job in the area the previous day. He wandered off the site after his stepfather left to pick up more supplies.
Jackson Free Press |
Ward Schaefer |
03-31-2011 |
Race & Class
Budget Battle Shows Barbour's Mettlenew
The Mississippi state budget negotiations were like a summer blockbuster: expensive, full of strong language, boring and too long. Gov. Haley Barbour played a starring role, and like any diva, he got what he wanted much of the time.
Jackson Free Press |
Ward Schaefer |
07-09-2009 |
Politics
A Mississippi Senator's Connection to a White Supremacist Groupnew
Mississippians react to state Sen. Lydia Chassaniol's being the "surprise" guest speaker at the annual white supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens conference.
Jackson Free Press |
Ward Schaefer |
07-09-2009 |
Politics
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Justice, Hope and Hurricane Katrinanew
Re-housing residents along the Mississippi coast became the most daunting problem of the post-Katrina recovery—logistically and politically speaking.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
09-11-2015 |
Housing & Development
The Katrina Education Lienew
Among the many reflections on the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast, the discussion of its effects on schools in New Orleans may be the most disingenuous.
Jackson Free Press |
Shannon Eubanks |
09-11-2015 |
Disasters
Tags: katrina
Pre-K Collaboratives Helping 4-Year-Oldsnew
Most 4-year-olds are learning more basic skills before entering kindergarten due to Early Learning Collaboratives, the Mississippi Department of Education is reporting.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
08-14-2015 |
Education
The Unbearable Heaviness of Adulthoodnew
According to The Sentencing Project, black youth are twice as likely to be arrested than white youth, something that affected me even as a minor, and though 58 percent of black youth are sent to adult prisons, it's scary to think that being sentenced to a juvenile detention center is no longer an option for me.
Jackson Free Press |
Adria Walker |
08-07-2015 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: the sentencing project
Trail of Tears: The Burial of Rexdale Henrynew
Rexdale Wayne Henry was buried in the Bogue Chitto community near Philadelphia, Miss., on July 28, leaving a cloud of uncertainty over how he died. Police aren’t helping clear up that confusion by not releasing a cause of death.
Jackson Free Press |
Zachary Oren Smith and Imani Khayyam |
08-07-2015 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: trail of tears
