JACKSON, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi will post a sign acknowledging that slaves built some structures on the main campus founded before the Civil War.The university made the ...

Plaques at Ole Miss acknowledge its historic ties to slavery. The university unveiled six plaques on its main campus in Oxford. The University of Mississippi is acknowledging its historical ...

Comparing the methods of Oxford University in the U.K. with those of the University of Mississippi shows there’s much to learn from the latter’s attempts at dealing with its history.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi will post a sign acknowledging that slaves built some structures on the main campus founded before the Civil War. The university made the ...

OXFORD, Mississippi (AP) — Many travelers find their way to Oxford, Mississippi, as fans of novelist William Faulkner. But there's much more to do in Oxford than visiting Faulkner's home and ...

Many travelers find their way to Oxford as fans of novelist William Faulkner. But there’s much more to do in Oxford than visiting Faulkner’s home and grave.

Oxford, Mississippi, is a college town a lot like other college towns, ... He was also a slave owner, a defender of secession, and Jefferson Davis’ emissary to Russia during the Civil War ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi is acknowledging its historical connections to slave labor, slave owners and officials who set policies that stripped African-Americans of ...