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A protester hold this message sign calling for action during a protest at the Mississippi State Capitol, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Jackson, Miss., over Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch's recent decision to drop a manslaughter charge against former Columbus Police Officer Canyon Boykin. Boykin, who is white, had been charged in the October 2015 shooting death of an African American man, Ricky Ball. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Analysis: Protesters talked, 1st-year lawmaker listened

By Emily Wagster Pettus Jun. 07, 2020 05:00 PM EDT

Dr. Alan Jones, chair of the University of Mississippi Medical Center's Department of Emergency Medicine, speaks of the need to establish a mobile field clinic in the basement of a parking lot at the facility, as staff prepare for more coronavirus cases, Wednesday, April 8, 2020 in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Mississippi shows wide racial gap in impact of coronavirus

By Emily Wagster Pettus Apr. 08, 2020 06:40 PM EDT