<p>Students across the United States are frequently taught about the history of racial inequality embedded in the nation. However, there still remain many stories surrounding this dark topic that go untold. America's past of eugenics and forced sterilization has affected thousands of African women for over several decades. Its consequences still linger even today, but why is this important?</p>

Students across the United States are frequently taught about the history of racial inequality embedded in the nation. However, there still remain many stories surrounding this dark topic that go untold. America's past of eugenics and forced sterilization has affected thousands of African women for over several decades. Its consequences still linger even today, but why is this important?

The Mississippi Appendectomy

You can't understand the world unless you understand Mississippi. People here experience all the joys and pains everyone does, but with a statewide population of just three million, everything is much, much more personal. The students who record Real Mississippi take you behind the magnolia curtain so you can understand the people who make Mississippi, Mississippi.

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