This Juneteenth, Meet the Black Mississippian Who Created Tech for Future Cell Phone
Dr. Henry T. Sampson Jr., an African American inventor from Jackson, Miss., co-created and patented the technology that led to the cell phone.
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.
Ordained minister Robert Lowry, the pastor and head of staff at Fondren Presbyterian in Jackson, Miss., is gay, and he certainly doesn’t think it’s a
Like Mr. Floyd, both were killed in situations that are hard to grasp, one in her home and the other while jogging in his neighborhood. As the daughter of Civil Rights leaders Medgar and Myrlie Evers, I feel their family’s pain.
Thousands protested in downtown Jackson on June 6, 2020, to bring attention to recent violence against African Americans, in particular, the Memorial Day killing of
As a busy graduating senior, Charles Rounds III said he had completely forgotten he had entered his piece focused on defeating fascism for the Lowell
The Mississippi Health Care Association, a political action committee that represents many members of the state’s nursing-home industry, has given $217,500 to Gov. Tate Reeves since 2011, and its lobbying arm spent more than $800,000 on activities at the Mississippi Legislature during his time as lieutenant governor.
JACKSON, Miss.—Stephany Brown used to have a wide variety of grocery-store options to choose from in south Jackson but not any longer. The Kroger on
Valdez Market sits in the Country Club Village Shopping Center on Old Canton Road, where it took over the site after a Winn-Dixie closed, virtually straddling the border between the capital city and its northern suburb of Ridgeland. It is an area that has seen demographic shifts in recent years, particularly in the large influx of Spanish-speaking residents in the area.
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