Greenwood News

Note: As part of NPR's series on the summer of 1963, reporter Cory Turner headed to Jackson, Miss.

USA Today is reporting on an incident called a suicide by authorities, that the NAACP thinks may actually be a lynching.

In this Sept. 30, 1955 file photo, Roy Bryant, right, and his half-brother, J. W. Milam, second from right, walk down the steps of the Leflore County Courthouse in Greenwood, Miss.

Greenwood, Miss., tight end Sammie Epps committed to Ole Miss in March. Ever since, Epps, rated a four-star prospect by Scout.com, has held firm.

The jazz world lost a giant on Wednesday. Not only was pianist Mulgrew Miller big in size, but the impact he had on jazz and the young musicians trying to make their way through the music was the stuff of legends-it was important for him to teach and to listen, encourage others while holding true to his own musical convictions; he was a gift the ... (more)

There are a lot of perks to raising kids in a small Southern town like Greenwood, MS.

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