MCJ Remembers Curtis Flowers: His Fight for Freedom and the Pursuit of Justice
Remembering Curtis Flowers MCJ client Curtis Flowers died yesterday at his home in Winona, Mississippi. He was 56. Curtis was released from prison in 2019 after serving 23 years in prison for […]
Uncovering Housing Discrimination Through Testing
By Attorney Ashley Richardson, MCJ Director, Housing Law Campaign The Fair Housing Act has been the law of the land for more than half a century. It says, in plain […]
Why Mississippi Must Do More for Black Moms and Babies
By Linda Dixon, MCJ Director, Health Justice Campaign During National Infant Mortality Awareness Month, it is important to remember that Mississippi has the highest infant mortality rate in the nation. […]
MCJ Heads to Federal Appeals Court to Defend Free Speech
On Monday, August 31, 2026, MCJ will be in New Orleans arguing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in defense of the lower-court injunction we won […]
Why Voting Matters: Carrying Freedom Summer’s Legacy Forward
By Patrick Ervin, MCJ Program Manager, Civic Engagement In the summer of 1964, hundreds of volunteers came to Mississippi with one goal: to help Black Mississippians claim a right that […]
As the Voting Rights Act Turns 61, We Must Defend the Right to Vote
Sixty-one years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. It came less than a year after Freedom Summer, when volunteers registered Black voters across Mississippi and three of […]
You Don’t Know How Your Life Can Change: Reflections on National Intern Day
By Stacey Moore Buchanan, MCJ Director of Operations and General Counsel Before signing the letter to attend Harvard Law School, I was not sure which areas of law I would […]
Mississippi’s Outdated HIV Laws Are Fueling a Public Health Crisis: It’s Time for Change
By Alisa Hill, MCJ Outreach Liaison, Health Justice Campaign Mississippi has one of the highest rates of HIV diagnosis in the country, and archaic laws criminalizing HIV are contributing to this epidemic. […]
62 Years Later: We carry the torch of civil rights and justice forward
By Kimberly Jones Merchant, MCJ President and CEO On this day, 62 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. It outlawed discrimination on […]
Mississippi’s New SHIELD Act Takes Effect Today
Mississippi’s new SHIELD Act takes effect today, creating additional voter citizenship verification requirements for some registered voters and new voter registration applicants. While supporters say the law is intended to strengthen election […]