Growing up, I had heard about Mississippi. I saw the Confederate battle emblem displayed above and inside the government buildings on arrival.
In Mississippi, there were a host of Juneteenth celebrations happening. It was a time of healing, self-care and a deviation from the chaotic social climate.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed “a law to turn a page in Mississippi today,” as he put his signature on legislation that will retire the state’s Confederate-themed flag. With legislative officials and African American leaders surrounding him, the Republican governor said that recent events have changed his mind about what the State of Mississippi should do about the long-controversial symbol.
Four years after writing “Mississippi Beautiful”, Pam Confer is ready to bring a new message to Mississippi and anyone willing to listen.
Though 19-year-old Jerome Patrick appeared dead set on his support for the Mississippi state flag in November 2000, his views changed within hours of his speech, the now 38-year-old stay-at-home dad told the Mississippi Free Press in a Skype call on June 12.
Food trucks, vendor tents and entertainers social-distanced on Farish Street to celebrate Juneteenth at the “Black Joy as Resistance Festival” on June 19, 2020 in
In response to the brutalization of these black bodies, Tougaloo College is continuing the tradition of freedom fighting by establishing the Reuben V. Anderson Institute for Social Justice. “It remains our responsibility to contribute to the education of students to train them to become the ethical leaders, change agents and social justice advocates of tomorrow making meaningful change throughout the world,” Tougaloo College President Carmen J. Walters said.
Dr. Henry T. Sampson Jr., an African American inventor from Jackson, Miss., co-created and patented the technology that led to the cell phone.
Roy Tamboli’s large-scale abstract paintings grab the eye and don’t let go, pulling it along on a buzzy trip of color, energy, whirls and swirls.
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