Curtis Flowers died on October 7, 2026, at 56, after Mississippi held him nearly 23 years for a crime it could never prove and paid him a capped $500,000 for his trouble. HBCU Politics argues that a wrong produced by institutions demands an institutional remedy: the Curtis Flowers School of Law, jointly owned by Jackson State, Alcorn State, and Mississippi Valley State; a permanent $10 million annual appropriation; and an HBCU Institutions of Higher Learning system with its own board. Anything less is appeasement, not restitution. Continue reading →