Members of the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus hold hands and sing "We Shall Overcome" following a news conference where they expressed disappointment at the passage of House Bill 1020.
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Mississippi House votes to create an unelected, state-appointed court system within majority-Black Jackson
Lawmakers in Mississippi are at odds over a bill that would create an unelected, state-appointed court system in a district within Jackson, a majority Black city, with some concerned that the move smacks of a modern-day Jim Crow regime.
