Mississippi is a state steeped in history, with a rich cultural heritage that spans centuries. From the Civil War to the ...

Spanish people have had a hand in Mississippi’s history from the days of the European explorers. The first contact Native Americans had with Europeans in what ...

"I remember when I couldn't vote," Dr. Robert H. Smith Sr. said. A 99-year-old man who was born the son of a sharecropper on a plantation is making sure his voice is being heard in this year's ...

The plantation was once owned by the richest man in Mississippi. Today, its wells and cisterns sit silent, heavy with history. Dropping magnets into the dark water, we began pulling up relics long ...

The soul singer Kirby was born Kirby Lauryen Dockery, and that last name connects her to the Dockery Plantation in Mississippi, where her enslaved ancestors picked cotton. Now, as a songwriter, Kirby ...