Sammy Qadan founded Sullivan’s Hollow, a group that intentionally rotates through musicians, in 2019 to perform at music festival Longwood Afternoon.
Mississippi Sen. Jeremy England has raised over $1,600 for a breast cancer charity after a critic called him a “groomer” because he wore a pink onesie with a mesh skirt and dyed his hair to match for a 2020 fundraiser.
The Natchez U.S. Colored Troops Monument Project voted unanimously to commission Jay Warren to design a monument to the thousands of U.S. Colored Troops from Natchez.
Experiencing the loss of a sibling for the first time after his sister—one of nine siblings—recently passed away following a heart attack, Roscoe Barnes III
In addition to the Halloween-themed fundraisers and parties taking place this October, Mississippians can visit a number of haunted houses and similar attractions in cities like Gulfport, Raymond, Ellisville, Brandon, Meridian and others.
The Mississippi Humanities Council has awarded a mini-grant to the Natchez Museum of African American Culture and Heritage, along with the Natchez Civil Rights Trail Committee, to create maps of the civil-rights sites around the city.
Dr. Shawn Lambert and his team will place Interactive panels at the locations of their digs, explaining the objects found there and the purposes of the buildings that once stood at their locations.
Mississippi Makers Fest is an all-day festival centered around the Entergy Plaza at the Two Mississippi Museums from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 7.
A group of Black community leaders founded the Deacons for Defense and Justice in Jonesboro, La., with the goal of protecting the Black community and fighting back against KKK violence.
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