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The Pride display at the Bryan Public Library in West Point, Miss., shared part of the existing collection in June 2022.
Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee and Lindsey Beckham have distanced themselves from MassResistance, a Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group, which appeared at a Ridgeland Board of Aldermen meeting in support of removing LGBTQ+ books from the local library.
MFP has suffered immense growth in readers, journalistic reputation, impact and team size, even as we’ve had no staff turnover since 2020. Read our best and most-read stories.
Former Pearl River Central High School art teacher Catherine Bass said she left teaching after the administration warned her she could be fired for discussing her LGBTQ identity with students. The administration said it was “inappropriate” for her to tell students she was pansexual.
MFP publisher and co-founder Kimberly Griffin encourages all Mississippians to face our turbulent history and keep telling the truth to make sure we don’t repeat the past. Today, Mississippi seems to take two steps forward, and one step back. But moving forward incrementally is still progress.
Mississippi Free Press’ contextual and follow-up coverage of D’Monterrio Gibson’s allegations about Brookhaven men shooting at him is an example of how impactful journalism should work. The goal is not a “scoop,” Editor Donna Ladd writes.
“[A]s the invaluable Mississippi Free Press tells us, the Lost Cause is still making mischief.” – Esquire Magazine MFP Impact, Awards and Media Coverage – 2022
In Austin, Texas, Publisher Kimberly Griffin accepted a Lion Publishers Community Engagement Award on behalf of the “(In)Equity and Resilience: Black Women, Systemic Barriers and COVID-19 Project” team, which also includes DeAnna Tisdale Johnson, publisher of the Jackson Advocate, Mississippi’s oldest Black newspaper.
As of Oct. 31, 2022, our team is up to 46 national and U.S. regional awards and finalist nods since we launched in late March 2020.
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