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Children. 5. Joan Trumpauer Mulholland (born September 14, 1941) is an American civil rights activist who was active in the 1960s. She was one of the Freedom Riders who was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi in 1961, and was confined for two months in the Maximum Security Unit of the Mississippi State Penitentiary (known as "Parchman Farm"). [1]
The story focuses on her relationship with two black maids, Aibileen Clark and Minny Jackson, during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963 Jackson, Mississippi. In an attempt to become a legitimate journalist and writer, Skeeter decides to write a book from the point of view of the maids, exposing the racism they face as they work for white families.
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 ...
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Mississippi University for Women. / 33.49306°N 88.41861°W / 33.49306; -88.41861. Mississippi University for Women ( MUW or "The W") is a coeducational public university in Columbus, Mississippi. It was formerly named the Industrial Institute and College for the Education of White Girls [5] and later the Mississippi State College for ...
The indictment said Paduch had worked in New York from 2003 through 2023 as a practicing urologist specializing in male reproductive health. Urologist convicted of patient sex abuse, including of ...
Notes. ^ Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, Mississippi is the state with the highest amount of executions via gas chamber. ^ The 4 victims were: Glenda Reid, Wesley Lee Reid, Dylan Lee, and Heath Pounds. ^ The 4 victims were: Shunterica Lonnett Jackson, Dominique Devro Jackson, Antonio Terrell Jackson, and Andrew Odutola ...
v. t. e. Female genital mutilation ( FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting ( FGM/C) and female circumcision [a]) is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva. The practice is found in some countries of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and within their respective diasporas.
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On the evening of October 11, 1973, 42-year-old Charles Hickson and 19-year-old Calvin Parker told the Jackson County, Mississippi, sheriff's office they were fishing off a pier on the west bank of the Pascagoula River in Mississippi when they heard a whirring/whizzing sound, saw two flashing blue lights, and observed an oval shaped object 30 ...