‘Dear Phillis’: Women Writers Celebrate Mississippi Poets at 50th-Anniversary Festival
Women writers convened in Jackson, Miss., in November 2023 to celebrate accomplished Mississippi poets at the 50th Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival.
Women writers convened in Jackson, Miss., in November 2023 to celebrate accomplished Mississippi poets at the 50th Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival.
Married couple Dezron Odomes and Essence Wallace-Odomes return to Jackson, Miss., to open a film-production studio in their hometown.
Art curator and creator Alexis Noble identified a need for opportunity in Jackson’s creative community and birthed a solution: The Mash Up.
U.S. Brig. Gen. Amanda Azubuike and Alcorn State University ROTC officials surprised Callaway High School senior Quintoria Holly with a full scholarship.
DICK’S Sporting Goods awarded two Mississippi high-school sports programs $75,000 for repairs after tornadoes damaged their complexes.
PepsiCo announced a $50,000 grant on Nov. 2, 2023, to fund Jackson State University’s Tiger Pantry for students suffering from food insecurity.
The Mississippi Museum of Art is hosting the state’s first Picasso exhibit, featuring his landscape paintings paired with Romare Bearden’s exhibit.
After an injury dashed his hopes of playing professionally, former Alcorn State baseball standout Brandon Rembert found his niche in the MLB.
Preston Wallace recently stood in the middle of Beale Street in Memphis, Tenn., wearing a Spider-Man costume that he bought from Amazon. His cousin stood
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