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Dateline Finding’s Booker’s Place Part 1
Questions about their family histories leads Yvette Johnson and Raymond De Fellita to a remarkable 1966 NBC documentary about Mississippi’s racial tensions. Dateline NBC’s Lester Holt reports. Related...
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Dateline Finding’s Booker’s Place Part 2
Filmmaker Frank De Fellita recalls the dangerous atmosphere he encountered in 1960s Mississippi and meeting Booker Wright, the unassuming waiter who became central to his film. Related articles...
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Mississippi Officially Abolishes Slavery, Ratifies 13th Amendment – ABC News
Two medical school colleagues, one an immigrant from India, the other a life-long Mississippian, joined forces to resolve a historical oversight that until this month had never officially been...
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I had to brutally murder the black gay guy because he hit on me
Ah Mississippi. It seems like only last week we were discussing Mississippi having just outlawed slavery 148 years late, and being the last state on the list to pass the 19th Amendment giving women...
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Somebody “Fixin’ to be Killed” – A review of We Will Shoot Back: Armed...
Most of us have heard about the legendary Deacons for Defense. Through exhaustive research and interviews, Umoja introduced us to many other unsung heroes and sheroes (although not surprising the...
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