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.
MSMS student Georgianna McKenny won NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge for her project on the Jackson water crisis.
Liz Cain, a breast-cancer survivor, often hosts community fundraisers outside her Dalewood, Miss., gift shop and boutique, gg’s.
Mississippi native and Olympic gold medalist Frentorish “Tori” Bowie died in her home in April 2023 as a result of complications that arose during childbirth.
“I’ve been thinking about what happened next between us since Hodding III died on May 11, 2023, and how his choices, courage and advice both jump-started and inspired my own work in Mississippi for the last two decades,” Donna Ladd writes.
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.
In 2020, David “Dingo Dave” Williams finally decided to make lawn care a full-time profession and opened Dingo Dave’s Lawn Care & Home Repair in Boyle, Miss. He provides lawn-care services to around 40 homes and counting in Bolivar County.
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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