10 Oct

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Dana Thomas, Communications Director (c) 601.506.9156 dthomas@mscenterforjustice.org Barber Plaintiffs Urge Supreme Court to Strike Down Anti-LGBT Mississippi Law  Supreme Court petitioned to review one of the most aggressive and sweeping anti-LGBT measures in the nation. (Jackson, October 10, 2017) —Mississippi plaintiffs in the Barber v. Bryant case, led by civil...

03 Nov

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nonprofits Call Upon Governor Bryant to Address Recent Race-Based Incidents in Mississippi (Jackson, Miss.) - Over the past month, a spate of race-based violence has spread across Mississippi. First, the memorial plaque marking the site where Emmett Till’s mutilated body was recovered from the...

01 Jul

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Dana Thomas, Communications Director Mississippi Center for Justice Dthomas@mscenterforjustice.org (O) 769.230.2841 (C) 601.506.9156 MINISTERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND ACTIVISTS APPLAUD COURT DECISION STRIKING DOWN H.B. 1523 (JACKSON, Miss.) – June 30, 2016. A group of Mississippi ministers, community leaders, civic activists, and a Hattiesburg church who filed the first...

03 Jun

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Dana Thomas, Communications Director Mississippi Center for Justice Dthomas@mscenterforjustice.org (O) 769.230.2841   Rob McDuff McDuff & Byrd rbm@mcdufflaw.com (o) 601.259.8484 (o) 601.969.0802 (JACKSON, Miss.) – June 3, 2016. A group of Mississippi ministers, community leaders, and civic activists, along with a Hattiesburg church, today filed a new lawsuit in federal court in...