Stacker compiled a list of the biggest cities in Mississippi 150 years ago using data transcribed from the 1870 U.S. Census.

The recent arson that destroyed Beth Israel, Jackson, Miss.'s only synagogue, recalls that state's dark history of violence ...

A plaque outside the former home of civil rights leader Medgar Evers will no longer label his Signal Mountain, Tennessee ...

You can take away the brochures, but the one thing you can’t take away is history,” civil rights activist Medgar Evers’ niece ...

Medgar Evers’ journey from soldier to civil rights leader began here in Mississippi, where his courage and conviction ...

Step back in time with the History Seekers as we explore the historic grounds of Tupelo, Mississippi once the site of fierce Civil War conflict. Armed with the XP Deus II, Minelab Manticore, and ...

Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana traditionally were America’s educational basement, but now they are showing blue states a ...

Understanding history is not about understanding formulas or narratives. Instead, we must understand the people who made ...

A reader from Minnesota recently wrote and in her email, she mentioned that she lives near where the Mississippi River begins ...

Prices for nearly every major U.S. crop are below what it costs to grow them. But a drop in rice prices means another blow to farmers in Mississippi’s agricultural belt.