mississippi

Presents information about the state of Mississippi, its nickname, motto, and emblems.

Autobiography of Southern Negro who yearned for intellectual and physical freedom.

Michael Oher, the subject of the 2009 film "The Blind Side," recounts how he defied the odds, escaped from the inner-city Memphis ghetto, found a family to take him in, and used his football skills to build a better life for himself.

Examines the murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964 and the Federal investigation that followed.

Tells of the problems that beset a wealthy Southern family gathered together for a family celebration.

In 1967, Mississippi Klansman Sam Cayhall is accused of bombing Marvin Kramer's law offices, killing Kramer's two sons. In 1990, just weeks before his execution, a young lawyer asks to work on his case.

Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize puppies.

Silas Jones ended his friendship with Larry Ott after Larry was suspected in the disappearance of a girl he was dating, and now, twenty-five years later, another woman has disappeared and Larry is once again implicated, leaving Silas, the local constable, questioning what he really knows about his old friend.