Opinion | I’m ‘Poppin My Collar’ and Pushing Forward. You Can, Too.
Publisher and author Meredith Coleman McGee writes about her journey through life’s ups and downs and how she continues to push forward despite it all.
MFP Contributor
Publisher and author Meredith Coleman McGee writes about her journey through life’s ups and downs and how she continues to push forward despite it all.
In early October, Mississippi Democratic candidate for governor Brandon Presley crisscrossed Jackson, shaking hands and taking selfies as he courted residents in the nearly 83%-Black capital city. He needed Jacksonians to vote if he was to have any chance of defeating incumbent Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Nov. 7, he told supporters. He has made more efforts to court Black voters than the party’s 2019 nominee, Jim Hood.
Hollis Watkins Muhammad was also a Civil Rights Movement singer who inspired people to risk their jobs and lives to change the ugly world in which they lived. He learned freedom songs as a teen and intentionally passed these songs on to many.
As of Jan. 25, 2022, the U.S. congressional district map divided Mississippi into four districts, whereas the state previously had five districts.
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