Legacy And Impact Of Martin Luther King Jr. Still Struggling To Be Heard In Mississippi

Mississippi Clarion Ledger, The Clarion-Ledger
Sun, 01/16/2022 - 8:00pm

Scholars and experts in Mississippi feel the history of MLK and the civil rights movement is only given cursory treatment in its classrooms.

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