Do you know why Jackson is the state capital? The city was founded in 1821. Here's this history of how it became the seat of government in the Magnolia State.
The arson of a synagogue in Mississippi recalls incidents from the Torah and from throughout our history, writes.
The Root on MSN
He was the youngest Freedom Rider, now he’s sharing his story at a Mississippi museum
Hezekiah Watkins— the youngest Freedom Rider—is still here to share his harrowing journey from a death row cell to the ...
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What Jackson, Mississippi’s only synagogue means to its city — in the wake of arson, and beyond
When Beth Israel Congregation was dedicated in Jackson, Mississippi, in the summer of 1875, the occasion was marked with a procession that began in front of City Hall. A local paper reported that the ...
Nearly 60 years after the Beth Israel Congregation was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan, an arson fire forced Jewish people in Jackson, Mississippi to relive the horror of that attack.
Churches from around the area reached out to the congregation to offer their up their facilities for the congregants, while ...
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