Black voting rights
Mississippi Has Already Seen What Happens When Black Voices Are Erased
Rep. Kabir Karriem examines Mississippi’s history of Black political representation and warns against diminishing Black voices in the state’s redistricting debate.
The Activist, the King, and the Newspaper Reporter
In Holmes County, Mississippi, three very different people challenged segregation in dramatically different ways. Hartman Turnbow, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and journalist Hazel Brannon Smith never formed an alliance, but their courage helped transform one of Mississippi’s most entrenched systems of racial injustice into a turning point for American democracy.
MLBC Chairman Responds to Supreme Court’s Reversal of Legislative Districts
Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus Chairman Rep. Kabir Karriem says the fight for fair representation is far from over after the U.S. Supreme Court sent Mississippi’s legislative redistricting case back to a lower court, raising new concerns about Black voting power and transparency.
Why talking about racism still matters in Mississippi
From Medgar Evers to Freedom Summer, Mississippi’s history reveals the cost of silence and injustice. This article connects the past to modern debates over voting rights and representation.