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Clinton resident James Robinson shares with Rep. Zakiya Summers the tale of how his great, great, great grandmother Sally Lee (pictured) survived the Clinton Massacre in 1875, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, at the Mississippi Freedom Trail Marker commemorating the tragedy. The marker is located in the 300 block of Northside Drive in Clinton. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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‘Hardly anybody knows about it’: Mississippians mark 150th anniversary of Clinton Massacre
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,09/09/25-1:58PM , 143 Reads 5,409 Statewide
CLINTON — There’s still so much James Robinson doesn’t know about the woman in the photograph.

It was always on the wall in his aunt’s house, but he never knew who she was until he found a news article about her. Now, he gets to share her story.
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‘One Mississippi’ event aims to promote community connections in Bay St. Louis
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,09/02/25-1:52PM , 174 Reads 5,033 Statewide
A historic community center in coastal Bay St. Louis will hold a free event this fall to help people reach across cultural and political divides by simply having fun together.
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The gun owned by J.W. Milam that is believed to be the weapon used to kill Emmett Till, is on display at the Emmett Till exhibit at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Displaying gun from Emmett Till killing is part of ‘unvarnished truth,’ director of museums says
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,08/29/25-3:18PM , 223 Reads 8,455 Statewide
A gun used during the killing of Emmett Till is now on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
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A sign outside the Sun-n-Sand Conference Center in Jackson, Miss., notes that the new Hen & Egg restaurant will open Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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A new restaurant hatches at the site of Jackson’s landmark Sun-n-Sand hotel
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,08/22/25-2:18PM , 199 Reads 9,503 Statewide
A new restaurant at the former Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel in downtown Jackson says it will serve up comfort food in partnership
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