A Shaky Truce

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Do you have a Starkville/MSU story to share? Don't hide it under a bushel! Talk to us! https://t.co/d84j2cJcbe …

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Bodies believed to be those of 95 black forced-labor prisoners from Jim Crow era unearthed in Sugar Land after one man’s quest https://t.co/WriIVB7z83

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Did you know that Mississippi ranks 44th nationally for what it pays black women and that they earn only 56.1 cents for every dollar earned by white men in the state? #BlackWomensEqualPayDay #DemandMore

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Building toilet partitions and adding toilet doors, soap and towel dispensers. Some of the renovations that had to happen in Starkville's all-black public schools as court-mandated desegregation took place in 1970. #desegration

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@aldermanwynn @David_Little @Starkville_City It was a short 50 years ago that African American Citizens of Starkville faced the same systemic injustices from the city's governance when trying to march for equality. Unfortunately, it seems like we have so much more work to do.

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Henderson High (African American segregated high school) grads dedicate bench in Unity Park | Starkville Daily News https://t.co/wz5I4uL4GT

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(5/5) We hope that Americans will continue to unite to resist racism and the violence that comes with it.

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(4/5)The stories of racial inequities in Starkville have made us acutely aware of the corrosive effect of racial hatred in local communities

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(3/5) . . . We also wish to convey our sincerest sympathies to the victims of the violence, and their families . . .

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(2/5) . . . We condemn the actions of the white supremacists who invaded their town . . .

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(1/5) As members of the Shaky Truce/Starkville Civil Rights Project team, we stand by the people of Charlottesville, Virginia . . .

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Starkville Civil Rights goes to #ncph2017

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Update: We also have Christine to thank for this work, and w/o her hard work we'd be nowhere!

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Thanks to Maggie and Catherine's work, we now have 3 new interviews uploaded to our site! See Larry, Fred, & Jim: https://t.co/IGTe1LeT3m…

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Miss our 1/26 community forum? The recording is now online here: https://t.co/vOBznbsXtP

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Tonight! Hear from Starkville natives who experienced desegregation. 5:45 at the J. L. King Center. #BlackHistoryMonth #localhistory

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We're excited to co-host this #BlackHistoryMonth event with the J.L. King Center: 2/23 at 5:30. #localhistory #oralhistory

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The African Studies Program is partnering with the MSU Speech & Debate Team to host the 4th Annual MLK Jr Oratorical Contest! Details below.

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Thanks for the spotlight, @msstate! https://t.co/KAeLSb1njS

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It's not too late to register for the @diversity_msu Conference: "Our Voices." https://t.co/DTeRdwfJmC

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What is the Starkville Civil Rights project ab? Check us at our 2nd Community Forum this Thursday, 5:45 @ The Mill
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