Aliyah Veal

Culture

From Marty Stuart to Ida B. Wells: MAX Inducts Five Mississippians Into Hall of Fame

Sam Cooke. W. C. Handy. Marty Stuart. Alice Walker. Ida B. Wells. These five superstars in their fields—musical performance and business, writing, journalism, Black activism—are the latest Mississippians inducted into the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience Hall of Fame. They join the ranks of Oprah Winfrey, James Earl Jones, Sela Ward and 25 other Mississippi artists The MAX, as it is commonly known, has honored.

January 27, 2022

Pauline Rogers stands with arms wide inside a wood finished home

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‘Like Being in a Pressure Cooker’: Lack of Resources Negatively Affects Black Communities

Pauline Rogers and her husband, Fred Rogers, founded the Rech Foundation together, where they offer transitional housing and reintegration services to those formerly incarcerated.

January 20, 2022

BWC

‘He Was a Good Son’: COVID-19 Amplified Jackson Violence, Inequities for Black Families

Found dead on the side of a road in South Jackson, Tramaine Green was one of 128 homicides in Jackson in 2020. In her overview introducing the Hinds County chapter of our “(In)Equity and Resilience: Black Women Women and Systemic Barriers” collaboration with the Jackson Advocate, reporter Aliyah Veal tells one family’s story of navigating COVID-19, gun violence and being ignored by police through the pandemic—and the pandemic-magnified causes of crime and inequities that have long affected their path to success.

January 19, 2022

Culture

Talamieka Brice’s Film Honors Her Children, Faces Brutal History of Race Violence

Talamieka Brice’s “A Mother’s Journey” is a film that follows her process in addressing traumas of the past in a quest to seek healing. Talamieka Brice will show “A Mother’s Journey” on Feb. 9, 2022, at noon for the Mississippi Department of Archives’ History Is Lunch series. The Smith Robertson Museum & Cultural Center will host a brief showing and Q&A with Brice and Kiese Laymon on Feb. 12, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

January 11, 2022

Brown plush teddy bear with out of focus lights behind it

Culture

Remembering Mississippi Children Who Lost Their Lives to COVID-19

Inside the Heritage building in downtown Jackson stands a miniature Christmas tree. Teddy bears line the tree’s bottom as if they were its protectors. White lights match the nine pairs of angel wings that decorate the tree, each pair of wings representing one of the nine children who have passed away from COVID-19 in Mississippi.

January 2, 2022

Culture

‘From Couture to Da’ Streets’ Honors Notable Mississippi Fashion Designers in Meridian

No placard encapsulating what lies ahead greets visitors at the entrance of “From Couture to da’ Streets,” a fashion exhibit at the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience in Meridian. The exhibit celebrates Patrick Kelly and TJ Walker, Black fashion designers from some of the most rural parts of Mississippi who honed their creativity to craft unique clothing lines despite challenges they faced in the field as African Americans.

December 17, 2021

Culture

U.S. Colored Troops in Natchez Now Acknowledged, May Soon Have Monument

The Natchez U.S. Colored Troops Monument Committee hosted a town hall meeting on Nov. 10 to get community input on a potential monument to honor and showcase the names of more than 3,000 African American men who served with the colored troops at Fort McPherson in Natchez during the Civil War and the Navy men who served and were born in Natchez.

November 23, 2021

Culture

‘Stitch Their Name’: Quilt Exhibit at Jackson State Honors Victims of Race Violence

Holli Johannes founded the “Stitch Their Name Memorial Project,” currently on display at the Margaret Walker Center on the Jackson State University campus, which honors African Americans whose lives were lost to police and others due to racial hate and bigotry.

November 5, 2021

In-Depth

Magnolia Speech School Leaving Jackson for New Madison Facility to Follow Students

Speech-language deficits are the most common childhood disability, affecting around one in 12 children. Without treatment, speech-language problems can lead to behavioral challenges, mental-health problems, difficulty reading and academic failure. The Magnolia Speech School is a nonprofit school established with a mission to help children with communication disorders develop their potential through spoken language and literacy. The program takes kids as young as 1 year old up to age 13.

November 2, 2021

Author: Aliyah Veal

From Marty Stuart to Ida B. Wells: MAX Inducts Five Mississippians Into Hall of Fame

‘Like Being in a Pressure Cooker’: Lack of Resources Negatively Affects Black Communities

‘He Was a Good Son’: COVID-19 Amplified Jackson Violence, Inequities for Black Families

Talamieka Brice’s Film Honors Her Children, Faces Brutal History of Race Violence

Remembering Mississippi Children Who Lost Their Lives to COVID-19

‘From Couture to Da’ Streets’ Honors Notable Mississippi Fashion Designers in Meridian

U.S. Colored Troops in Natchez Now Acknowledged, May Soon Have Monument

Magnolia Speech School Leaving Jackson for New Madison Facility to Follow Students

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