Opinion | Protecting the Pillars of Heritage: Battling Threats to Mississippi’s HBCUs
Duvalier Malone responds to Senate Bill 2726, writing that it’s a potential threat to Mississippi’s HBCUs.
Duvalier Malone responds to Senate Bill 2726, writing that it’s a potential threat to Mississippi’s HBCUs.
Jackson, Miss., native Dr. Nashlie Sephus, a principal applied scientist for Amazon, lifts up Black technology innovators throughout history.
“Throughout a trailblazing career that spanned half a century, (Flemmie Pansy Kittrell) worked to enhance food security and to improve both diets and children’s health—under the umbrella of home economics,” Brandy Thomas Wells writes.
“The Define-Combine Procedure, or DCP, gives both parties control of a piece of the process and delivers fairer maps than either party would draw on its own,” the authors write.
Nate Schumann reflects on his entry into the news industry and shows appreciation for having a job that has helped him grow while growing alongside him.
Sean Brown responds to the Jackson Police Department’s failure to report 24 additional homicides in the capital city in 2023.
“Though the Civil Rights Act of 1964 officially outlawed the racist practice of separate accommodations, relics from the past still linger today,” Rodney Coates writes. “In Ellisville, Miss., for instance, two water fountains remain standing in front of the Jones County Courthouse.”
Getty Israel writes on how the Congressional Black Caucus, which has a history of supporting oppressed people of color, has stood against Palestine.
“In May 1803 a group of enslaved Africans from present-day Nigeria, of Ebo or Igbo descent, leaped from a single-masted ship into Dunbar Creek off St. Simons Island in Georgia,” Thomas Hallock writes.
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