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Students find their cause in the UAW for Nissan's Mississippi workers

By Joe Atkins

August 9, 2013 - College students from across the South are playing a key role in helping workers form a union at the Nissan plant in Canton, Miss.

Justice

Mississippi students see labor and civil rights as their social justice movement

By Joe Atkins

November 1, 2012 - Inspired by the likes of Martin Luther King Jr. and A. Philip Randolph, the Mississippi Student Justice Alliance was formed to help workers at the giant Nissan plant in Canton, Miss. unionize and to educate young people about labor issues.

Southern Exposure

Beyond Brown

By Isaiah Madison

August 1, 1994 - A new court battle in Mississippi has sparked a massive political struggle to preserve and extend educational diversity.

jackson state university

Students find their cause in the UAW for Nissan's Mississippi workers

Mississippi students see labor and civil rights as their social justice movement

Beyond Brown

We are building a better South.