*WWII veteran Joe LaNier fights racism to come home
By Carmen Sisson | Carmen K. Sisson - Making sense of the South, one story at a time. By Carmen K. Sisson | The Commercial DispatchCOLUMBUS, Miss. — The first time Joe LaNier II left Columbus, he was...
View ArticleSearch for missing Mississippi woman spans decades
By Carmen Sisson | Carmen K. Sisson - Making sense of the South, one story at a time. Willie Gray and Vickie Flournoy sort through family photographs Thursday afternoon at Flournoy’s home in Columbus....
View ArticleDefending the Dream: New generation takes up Martin Luther King Jr.’s torch
By Carmen Sisson | Carmen K. Sisson - Making sense of the South, one story at a time.Members of the Dream Defenders, including Melanie Andrade (center) and Phillip Agnew (right), raise their fists in...
View ArticleWhy African-Americans are moving back to the South
By Carmen Sisson | Carmen K. Sisson - Making sense of the South, one story at a time.Charlie Cox and his wife, Darlene Cox, sit in their living room Feb. 8, 2014, in West Point, Miss. The Coxes were...
View ArticleSelma’s long march, 50 years later
By Carmen Sisson | Carmen K. Sisson - Making sense of the South, one story at a time.Cars cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Feb. 14, 2015, in Selma, Alabama. The bridge was the site of “Bloody Sunday,”...
View ArticleCan churches lead on racial harmony?
By Carmen Sisson | Carmen K. Sisson - Making sense of the South, one story at a time.Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church Pastor Bob Flayhart and Urban Hope Community Church Pastor Alton Hardy smile as...
View ArticleFor historic Mississippi church, a day of Thanksgiving
By Carmen Sisson | Carmen K. Sisson - Making sense of the South, one story at a time. Members of Little Zion Missionary Baptist Church gather outside the church for a picnic following services for...
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