“The notion that we should be grateful is embedded in the idea that we were not good enough in the first place,” Dr. Arianna Stokes writes.
Director of Advancing Health and Black Equity for Gilead Sciences Tiffany West said Tougaloo College’s rich history as a Mississippi-based institution was one of the many reasons the foundation chose the school as a recipient for the Creating Possible Fund.
Tune in Thursday, May 12 at 6 p.m. on MFP’s Facebook page or YouTube channel to hear President Hudson discuss with Kimberly Griffin and Donna Ladd what’s happening now at Jackson State and his vision for the University’s future and the capital city around it.
The Social Action Committee of the Jackson (MS) Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is using public forums to bring community voices together on issues that affect Mississippians. The forums have focused on topics like health equity, redistricting, voter suppression, supporting gender equality and educational disparities and inequalities.
Five historically Black institutions of higher learning in Mississippi received bomb threats this morning as the nation begins the first day of Black History Month celebrations.
Holli Johannes founded the “Stitch Their Name Memorial Project,” currently on display at the Margaret Walker Center on the Jackson State University campus, which honors African Americans whose lives were lost to police and others due to racial hate and bigotry.
For Black men, trauma and not just exposure are factors when choosing to become a teacher. The same schools that make a point to punish our boys seem to also be unwelcoming places for our Black men to work. Imagine the strength it takes to return to sites of trauma as champions of the education system—to be cursed Americana wrapped in enough patriotism to educate America’s future.
This initiative—named after Tougaloo alumnus and U.S. Congressman Bennie G. Thompson—will focus on identifying and developing early-stage grassroots and community-led work and sustainable solutions in areas such as sustainable food systems training, social enterprise development models and workforce transportation.
Three officers sat on Floyd, 46, one officer with his knee on his neck, for almost nine minutes while he was handcuffed and lying on his stomach, begging for breath and life. It was a horrific and traumatizing experience, one that left Michael Taylor, a senior theater major at Jackson State University, confused after he watched it. He couldn’t comprehend why the cops handled the situation in such a way, he said.
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