Through his Lauderdale, Miss., business Carvings ’N’ Creations, Kyle Tullos offers crafts made using sandblasting, powder coating and other techniques.
Filmmaker Talameika Brice coordinated with others to establish a trail marker honoring two Duck Hill, Miss., lynching victims known as Bootjack and Red.
Mississippi dancer Alexei Orohovsky, 16, was awarded the junior men’s gold medal in the XII USA International Ballet Competition at Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson, Miss., on Friday, June 23.
Home Depot’s “Retool Your School” program awarded grants to Rust College, Tougaloo College, Jackson State University, Coahoma Community College and Mississippi Valley State University.
Messages of hope, history, freedom and celebration rang throughout Starkville for six days as residents celebrated Juneteenth.
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.”
Alexei Orohovsky of Hattiesburg will compete in the XII USA International Ballet Competition at Thalia Mara Hall, a goal of his for years.
Jasmine Williams is a creative producer, which encompasses not only writing, film and storytelling, but also captures the experiences of southern Black folks.
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.
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