Word: mississippi
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Another nail was driven into the coffin of the Confederacy last week when the University of Mississippi announced it will no longer fly the Confederate flag at official university functions...
James Meredith, the first black to attend the University of Mississippi, says he's a prophet and is going to guide his followers into self-sufficiency and an understanding of the value of work. His church, he says, will be structured "like the Catholic Church, except it wouldn't have a professional clergy; in that respect it would be more like the Mormons...
...Nancy Weaver, 29, crisscrossed the state for four months, arriving unannounced in 40 of the 153 local school districts. Says Anklam: "We tried to catch people unawares." In 51 news stories and 27 editorials, timed to influence a December special session of the legislature, the Clarion-Ledger contended: "Mississippi public schools aren't making the grade." Among the ills cited: per-pupil funding of only $1,965 for 1981-82, vs. a national average of $2,671, and a dropout rate that is double the national average. The school system reflected a culture of poverty: Mississippi has consistently ranked...
...pressure, but at the urging of Governor William Winter, as well as the paper, they enacted new school taxes, across-the-board teacher pay raises, reading aid, a stronger compulsory-attendance law and state support for kindergartens. Said Clarion-Ledger Executive Editor Charles Overby, 36: "Pulitzers have come to Mississippi before, some for reporting about things the state failed to do. This one is for what Mississippi...
...year, after Hederman left, the family sold the Clarion-Ledger and its evening sister paper, the Jackson Daily News (circ. 40,000), to the Gannett Co. the nation's biggest (87 dailies) newspaper chain. But Hederman's goal of improvement survived. The paper opened bureaus in three Mississippi cities and began to send reporters to cover stories throughout the South. Says Managing Editor Rober Gordon: "We are a good newspaper trying to get better...