The big dreamer: Meredith's fight for integration

James Meredith with Medgar Evers. Image courtesy of the Ed Meek Collection and the University of Mississippi.

Mississippi has an adult literacy problem: here's what advocates are doing to curb it

Carl Plessala is in a tutoring session with his tutor, Beth John. Image courtesy of Vickie King/Mississippi Today.

The simple, yet crucial process of learning to read as an adult

Carl Plessala reads on in a tutoring session with his tutor, Beth John. Image courtesy of Janet Plessala.

Young creatives share why they left Mississippi

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Young LGBTQ+ residents share challenges of living in Mississippi, desire for better future

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Trauma of violence reverberates among youth

Image courtesy of Charles A. Smith/Mississippi Center For Investigative Reporting.