Mississippi History NOW, an online publication of the Mississippi Historical Society, features articles and lesson plans about Mississippi history.
The publication is supported by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and Mississippi. This program is financially assisted by the National Endowment for the Humanities through the Mississippi Humanities Council. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the Mississippi Humanities Council or the National Endowment for the Humanities.
12/15/2025
Read our latest article on the education of Jesse Brown, a Hattiesburg native who was the first African American to complete the U.S. Navy's basic flight training and served in the Korean War: https://mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/education-jesse-leroy-brown-0
07/16/2025
Ida B. Wells, civil rights journalist and co-founder of The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People ( ), was born in Holly Springs in 1862. Learn more about Wells' courageous activism during the Civil Rights Movement at the article provided courtesy of Mississippi History NOW: https://bit.ly/4ePrt2y.