Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated PressHBCUsU. of Southern Mississippi Stops Flying State FlagAnother public university in Mississippi is stopping the display of the state flag on campus because it contains a Confederate battle emblem many see as divisive.October 28, 2015StudentsOle Miss Removes Mississippi Flag with Confederate EmblemThe University of Mississippi quietly removed the state flag with its Confederate battle emblem from its place of honor on campus Monday morning after students and faculty called it a divisive symbol that undermines efforts to promote diversity, tolerance and respect.October 26, 2015HBCUsProfessor Fatally Shot on Delta State CampusA professor was killed in his office at Delta State University in Mississippi, forcing terrified students and teachers to hunker down in classrooms as investigators searched for another school employee in connection with the killing, officials said Monday.September 14, 2015Leadership & PolicyJackson State Presents $42M Plan to Buy Land for New DormJackson State University officials want to issue $42 million in bonds to finance construction of a new dormitory on campus.June 18, 2015African-AmericanWidow Works to Preserve Evers’ Civil Rights LegacyMyrlie Evers-Williams acknowledges it would be easy to remain mired in bitterness and anger, 50 years after a sniper’s bullet made her a widow.June 11, 2013Faculty & StaffMississippi Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Woolworth Sit-InEducation and Tourism Officials Unveil a Marker to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-In.May 27, 2013StudentsMississippi Governor Juggles White House Hopes, State’s PastHaley Barbour’s latest efforts to talk about civil rights and race have seen improvement, a sign that the Mississippi governor knows that if he is to carry his party’s 2012 banner against the nation’s first African-American president, he will have to be more forthright about Mississippi’s troubled history, experts say.January 30, 2011Native AmericansLawmaker Tries To Revive Ole Miss’ Colonel Reb MascotA state lawmaker says he’s trying to protect a unique part of southern culture with a bill that would require the University of Mississippi to bring back Colonel Rebel as its mascot.January 25, 2011HomeMississippi Governor: Time To Build Civil Rights MuseumPossible presidential contender Gov. Haley Barbour—under fire recently for comments that critics claim minimized the problems of Mississippi’s civil rights era—said Tuesday night that his state should build a museum dedicated to the movement.January 13, 2011African-AmericanMiss. College Board Names Top HBCU Presidential CandidatesThe preferred candidates to lead two of Mississippi’s historically Black universities have executive experience at HBCUs in other states and are prepared to lead schools with distinct academic missions, state College Board members say.November 22, 2010Page 1 of 2Next Page