Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement

10/16/2026

Help protect the vote in Mississippi.
We're joining MS Votes, MS Votes Action Fund, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Mississippi Center for Justice for the Election Protection Academy a training for people interested in supporting voters before and on Election Day.

Participants will learn about voter rights, polling place procedures, voter assistance, incident reporting, and Election Day operations, with opportunities to support election protection efforts as poll monitors, hotline representatives, or legal support volunteers.

Saturday, October 17 9 AM-12 PM
Register: tinyurl.com/EPAOCT17

10/14/2026

Save the Date: 2026 Clyde Kennard Lecture Series
Join us as we honor the legacy of Clyde Kennard, a courageous Korean War veteran and civil rights pioneer who challenged segregation in higher education, and explore the new book Mixing: Race, Higher Education, and the Case of Clyde Kennard with its co-authors, Drs. Sherita L. Johnson, Cheryl D. Jenkins and Rebecca A. Tuuri.

📅 Monday, October 19 | 6 p.m. Authors’ Reception and Book Discussion
Historic Eureka School, 410 East 6th St.
📅 Tuesday, October 20 | 5:30 p.m. Reception | 6:30 p.m. Lecture
Joe Paul Theater, Thad Cochran Center, Southern Miss

Both events are free and open to the public. Come learn, reflect, and celebrate the enduring legacy of a man whose courage helped shape the path toward educational equality.

The series is sponsored by The University of Southern Mississippi's The Center for Black Studies, Sixth Street Museum District's Eureka School and the Forrest County Branch of the NAACP. Special thanks to the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Professional Development.

10/11/2026

10/10/2026

This year’s Annual Wrap-Up is about celebrating the people who have helped move Mississippi forward.

We’re proud to honor Constance Slaughter-Harvey and Susan Glisson at the ACLU of Mississippi’s 2026 Annual Wrap-Up.

Join us Friday, December 4 at the Mississippi Museum of Art as we celebrate our shared victories, honor our communities, and look toward the work ahead.

🎟 Early Bird tickets are $75 through October 23.

Get tickets and event details:
https://action.aclu.org/event/ms-the-wrapup-2026

10/10/2026

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We are proud to introduce the grand opening of the Myrlie Evers Park! See the details below!

10/10/2026

OUR BELOVED FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND FRIENDS!! THANK YOU JACKSON ADVOCATE FOR SHARING THIS POST

Several members of the Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement (VMCRM) attended the History is Lunch series at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson September 30, 2026. Dr. Charles Payne, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) veteran and author, was the guest speaker who spoke on SNCC and fellow member, the late Bob Moses. In attendance were civil rights veterans and close supporters, including (back row): Dr. Payne, Dr. Leslie McLemore, Dr. Charles Holmes, Charles Jones, Hezekiah Watkins, Dr. Frank Figgers (Vice Chairman), Dr. Ivory Phillips, Cynthia Goodloe Palmer (VMCRM Executive Director), and Michael Morris (Two Mississippi Museums Director); front row: Georgia Cohran, Reena Evers Everette (daughter of Medgar and Myrlie Evers), Delores Jones, Cynthia Dorsey Smith (daughter of Dr. L.C. Dorsey), Jan Hillegas, Alice Cooper, and Dr. Iley Mohammad.

10/10/2026

REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN FREEDOM FIGHTER AND FIRST CHAIRMAN OF THE VETERANS OF THE MISSISSIPPI CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ORGANIZATION
ON HIS BIRTHDAY, OCTOBER 8.
CONTINUE TO REST IN POWER BRO. JIMMIE.
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10/07/2026

The Jonathan Logan Family Foundation awarded $25,000 to the “Fannie Lou Hamer’s America” project to support research and the production of 12 new tour stops and multimedia resources. https://ow.ly/SYUB50ZU0xl

10/07/2026

In 1963, less than 1% of the Black population in Dallas County, Alabama, was registered to vote.

After months of organizing, the local Black community began to mobilize, and OTD in 1963, large groups gathered to register to vote. The county sheriff and his armed deputies watched the crowd grow and then beat the men and women trying to register to vote.

Today, voter suppression is still a problem.