VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War can be an angst-filled task in Mississippi, with its long history of racial strife and a state flag that still bears the ...

Tupelo, Mississippi holds more than just stories - it holds buried history. Join the History Seekers as we use top-tier ...

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Thelma Sims Dukes grew up during the 1940s and ‘50s in a segregated Mississippi town steeped in Civil War history. As a small Black girl, she would walk to school through ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The low water level in the Mississippi River is allowing modern-day treasure hunters to uncover Civil War relics along the river bank. Over the weekend, Riley Bryant found some Civil ...

Recent ceremonies, including flag-placing and libation rituals, honor the memory of Black soldiers buried in Vicksburg National Cemetery. The soldiers, previously unknown, were identified through ...

JACKSON, Miss. -- Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War can be an angst-filled task in Mississippi, with its long history of racial strife and a state flag that still bears the ...

Historically low water levels on the Mississippi River have revealed a walkway to what is typically an island jutting out of the murky river waters to human remains that have been submerged for an ...

VICKSBURG, Miss — One of the stars of the A&E show “Duck Dynasty” is filming a new show about the hidden treasures of metal detecting. Jase Robertson was recently in Vicksburg on a hunt to look for ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to add information about Greenwood Cemetery. Black History Month is a time to ...