A bill proposed in Mississippi would close three of its universities, but lawmakers say it is unlikely to pass. Republican Sen. John Polk introduced the proposal that does not specify
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In Ellisville, Mississippi, for instance, two water fountains remain standing in front of the Jones County Courthouse. When they were first built in the late 1930s, the words “white” and “colored” designated which fountain was to be used by which race. Over the years, those words were covered up by different ceremonial plaques. But for some Black Ellisville residents, the fountains still stir up painful memories of second-class citizenship.