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The gun owned by J.W. Milam that is believed to be the weapon used to kill Emmett Till, is on display at the Emmett Till exhibit at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Displaying gun from Emmett Till killing is part of ‘unvarnished truth,’ director of museums says
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,08/29/25-3:22PM , 574 Reads 8,469 Statewide
A gun used during the killing of Emmett Till is now on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.
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Young people read about the life and death of Emmett Till during a tour the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, Friday, July 25, 2025, in Jackson. Free tours were offered in honor of Till's birthday. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Remembering Till 70 years after Mississippi lynching: ‘Emmett’s life mattered a lot’
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,08/25/25-3:42PM , 605 Reads 7,811 Statewide
This year marks what would have been Emmett Till’s 84th birthday, and 70 years since the Black teenager was kidnapped and lynched in Mississippi.
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A sign outside the Sun-n-Sand Conference Center in Jackson, Miss., notes that the new Hen & Egg restaurant will open Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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A new restaurant hatches at the site of Jackson’s landmark Sun-n-Sand hotel
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,08/22/25-2:24PM , 567 Reads 9,522 Statewide
A new restaurant at the former Sun-n-Sand Motor Hotel in downtown Jackson says it will serve up comfort food in partnership
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House Speaker Philip Gunn, from left, Mississippi Department of Archives and History Director Katie Blount, and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann prepare to deliver the former state flag to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Mississippi Archives and History Director Katie Blount will retire in June
By SIMEON GATES - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,08/22/25-2:12PM , 320 Reads 5,623 Statewide
Katie Blount, who oversaw the opening of two state history museums in 2017 and helped coordinate a redesign of the state flag in 2020, said Tuesday that she will retire next year as director of the Mississip
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