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July 3, 1939 (age 84) Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S. Political party. Democratic. Alyce Griffin Clarke (born July 3, 1939) is an American politician. A Democrat, she is a former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 69th district, being first elected in 1984 and serving until 2024. She was the first black woman elected to ...
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (in case citations, S.D. Miss.) is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit with facilities in Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Natchez, and Jackson . Appeals from cases brought in the Southern District of Mississippi are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Mississippi since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since 1976, 23 people convicted of capital murder have been executed by the state of Mississippi. Of the 23 people executed, 4 were executed via gas chamber and 19 via lethal injection.
died before taking office Ramsey Wharton (2nd term) 1905–1909 A.C. Crowder: 1909–1913 S.J. Taylor: 1913–1917 Walter A. Scott: 1917–1945 Leland L. Speed: 1945–1949 Allen C. Thompson: 1949–1969 Russell C. Davis: 1969–1977 Dale Danks: 1977–1989 J. Kane Ditto: 1989–1997 Harvey Johnson, Jr. 1997–2005 first African American Mayor ...
April 26, 2024 at 1:53 PM. CHICAGO - An interim clerk has been appointed to the Cook County Clerk's Office following the recent death of Karen Yarbrough. Chief Deputy Clerk Cedric Giles will fill ...
Jackson Women's Health Organization (abbreviated JWHO and commonly known as the Pink House [1] [2]) was an abortion clinic located in a bright pink building in Jackson, Mississippi 's Fondren neighborhood. [3] It was the only abortion clinic in Mississippi since the other one closed in 2006. [4] The JWHO closed its doors on July 6, 2022 ...
March 13, 2024 at 9:56 AM. A new Mississippi law will allow earlier Medicaid coverage for pregnant women in an effort to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies in a poor state with the ...
The Mississippi University for Women honored former students Diane Hardy, Barbara Turner, Laverne Greene-Leech, Jacqueline Edwards, Mary Flowers and Eula Houser who integrated the institution in ...