Mississippi
The South needs a new Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement was a product of necessity. The American system could no longer withstand its own flaws, particularly in the South. In 2026, we've come to the same impasse.
Black history
North Carolina
Audio: The Living South conversation with NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls
Listen to The Living South's full conversation with NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls.
North Carolina
Anita Earls against the world
The NC Supreme Court justice could be on the shortlist for the US Supreme Court someday. But first, she faces a right-wing smear campaign and a fight with cancer.
South Carolina
Jesse Jackson—slandered, libeled, redeemed
The white South made a villain of a native son, but the region never had a better champion for it on the big stage than Jesse Jackson.
Black history
Video: What today's protesters learned from the Civil Rights Movement
There are hundreds of demonstrations planned across the South this weekend during the “No Kings” protests. Here's what today's marchers learned from the Civil Rights Movement.
Black history
Video: Erasing civil rights hero Pauli Murray
Officials in President Trump's administration are, in a way, trying to erase civil rights hero Pauli Murray's story.
Audio
Audio: CNN's Bakari Sellers on optimism, his dad's civil rights heroism, and journalism's comeback
South Carolina native Bakari Sellers has become one of the most cogent anti-Trump voices in America. Here's how his roots in the Civil Rights Movement prepared him for this resistance.
South Carolina
For some, Bakari Sellers is the voice of the resistance to MAGA. But his fight goes back much farther than Trump.
South Carolina native Bakari Sellers has become one of the most cogent anti-Trump voices in America. Here's how his roots in the Civil Rights Movement prepared him for this resistance.
Audio
AUDIO: Filmmaker Chris Haley, nephew of legendary journalist Alex Haley, on preserving Black history
Chris Haley, nephew of the famous journalist Alex Haley, talked to The Living South about continuing his uncle's work preserving Black history.
Tennessee
Alex Haley changed Black America with "Roots." Now his nephew digs deeper.
The Pulitzer-winning author and journalist Alex Haley was "woke" before there was such a thing. Today, his nephew, Chris, continues his work preserving the Black family tree.