Person of the Day | Georgianna McKenny: MSMS Student, NPR Podcast Finalist
MSMS student Georgianna McKenny won NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge for her project on the Jackson water crisis.
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MSMS student Georgianna McKenny won NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge for her project on the Jackson water crisis.
Medgar and Myrlie Evers both dedicated their lives to fighting, as he put it, “until every vestige of segregation and discrimination in America becomes annihilated.”
Tyler Goliday’s first time participating in an art exhibition was through the Municipal Art Gallery’s event, (Re)mediation, which took place in February 2023 in Jackson, Miss.
Nick Wallace has earned many accolades throughout his career, with the Small Business Association recently naming the Jacksonian chef the title of 2023 Mississippi Small Business Person of the Year.
In her single “Iron Shield,” Scarlett Sullivan sings lyrics that touch upon her feelings regarding her sister Nora’s leukemia diagnosis, her faith in God and the strength of family bonds.
Brooke Floyd learned of the National Organizing Fellowship she completed this year through People’s Advocacy Institute Executive Director Rukia Lumumba, who encouraged the Jackson, Miss., native to apply.
Tim Lampkin, whose organization, Higher Purpose Co., purchased an old furniture store in 2019, plans to use the space and adjoining Greyhound bus-repair station to house the company’s new $3-million enterprise.
Jeremy Knott, once a student of Dr. Will Smith’s at Callaway High School, worked alongside Smith as a teacher and administrative intern at Utica Elementary and Middle School. He is now the principal of Crystal Springs Middle School.
The Ruthless Ryderz round-up club and a handful of others sponsor the Southern Soul Black Invitational Rodeo, which Black riders own and operate.
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