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Person of the Day | Vicksburg Native Rev. Ed King: Lifetime Civil-Rights Ally for Black Mississippians
Rev. Ed King, one of the last surviving founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and a longtime ally of Black Mississippians throughout the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, died on Saturday, July 4, at age 89.
Person of the Day | Barney Schoby: Adams County Lawmaker Who Fought Against Gerrymandering
Barney Schoby, a lifelong civil-rights leader and public servant in Natchez, Mississippi, died on Tuesday, June 9, at age 87. While serving as District 94 representative, Schoby joined Rev. Leon Howard as a co-plaintiff in a class action lawsuit to oppose a redistricting plan in Adams County.
Person of the Day | Mississippi House Rep. Bo Brown, Former Jackson City Councilman and Teacher, Dies at 81
Mississippi House Rep. Bo Brown, a Democrat from Jackson who previously served on the Jackson City Council and worked as a Jackson Public School teacher, died on Monday at age 81 after a lengthy illness.
Person of the Day | Mississippi House Rep. Price Wallace, a Ballot Initiative Advocate, Dies at 64
Mississippi House Rep. Price Wallace, a Republican from Mendenhall who supported reinstating the ballot initiative as chairman of the House Constitution Committee, died on Wednesday at age 64.
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Person of the Day | Shelley Powers: Literary Imprint Fulfills Madison Writer’s Dream of a Foray Into Fiction
After losing her mother to cancer in 2023, Madison, Miss., resident Shelley Powers established her own literary imprint called Creekline House, under which she has already published two books.
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