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Established in 1991, CelticFest Mississippi celebrates Scottish and Irish culture and features a number of vendors, food trucks and artists selling goods that tie into those nations’ histories.
Charley Pride, the most famous son of Sledge, Miss., has died of complications from COVID-19 at age 86. He was a country-music trailblazer who became the genre’s first Black superstar, scoring 29 No. 1 singles between 1969 and 1983.
Mississippi Journalism and Education Group is a a 501(c)(3) nonprofit media organization (EIN 85-1403937) for the state, devoted to going beyond partisanship and publishing solutions journalism for the Magnolia State and all of its people.
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The Mississippi Free Press is a project of the Mississippi Journalism and Education Group, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit journalism organization (EIN 85-1403937).