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Jackson’s Patton House Gives Black Mississippi Artists Space for Unapologetic, Unfiltered Art
Garry Brown of Jackson, Mississippi, opened the Patton House and Gallery on State Street, an art museum that displays works created predominantly by Black Mississippian artists. Some artworks feature overt commentary on race and other social issues.
Brookstock Lets Lincoln County Garage-Band Musicians ‘Feel Like Teenagers Again’ While Benefitting Women’s Home
An impromptu high-school reunion in Lincoln County, Mississippi, in 1999 blossomed into an annual music festival called Brookstock that features performances from multiple local garage-band-style music groups. In recent years, a portion of the festival’s proceeds go toward The Doll’s House, a transitional women’s home in Brookhaven.
Jamba Joloff Opens Downtown, Expands Hattiesburg Dining Scene
Jamba Jollof, a new restaurant offering West African-style cuisine, has opened in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is Mississippi’s only brick-and-mortar West African restaurant.
YMP Solutions Circle on Gun Violence: June 18, 2026
The Mississippi Free Press and Mississippi Youth Media Project convened a Solutions Circle focused on gun violence on June 18, 2026.
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Building Wealth: Four Black Delta Farmers Teach Mississippians How to Self-Sustain
A Bland Family Farm took a group of about 30 people on a tour of four Black-owned farms in honor of Juneteenth on June 19, 2026. The tour made its way through four Mississippi Delta counties—Quitman, Coahoma, Tunica and Tallahatchie.
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