By DENNIS SEID, The Daily Journal TUPELO, Miss. (AP) _ Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Thomas Roper spent much of his time with the Tupelo Community Theatre. But since the coronavirus disrupted the schedule of just […]
A rescue mission in northern Spain’s Pyrenees mountains nearly turned more tragic when the rotor blades of a helicopter dispatched to airlift a hiker who died after falling got dangerously close to massive boulders on […]
By Edelia “Dr. Jay” Carthan, Writer, Charles Evers was an American civil rights activist, businessman, disc jockey, politician and father. Evers made history by becoming Mississippi’s first black mayor since Reconstruction in a small rural […]
By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, Attorney Constance Slaughter-Harvey was the first African-American woman to graduate from the Ole Miss School of Law and soon after graduation filed a suit that would enable blacks to serve as […]
By Edelia “Dr. Jay” Carthan, Writer, Corinth School District was one of the first school districts to reopen and resume classes face to face about a week ago, and the district reported its first positive […]
In the South Indian state of Kerala, two-year-old girl Bhama and 35-year-old elephant Uma Devi have developed an unlikely friendship. They first met when Bhama was born and then the meetings became more frequent when […]
John Saxon, the rugged and intense-eyed actor who became a cult cinema icon for his performance in films like “Nightmare on Elm Street“ died Saturday, 11 days before his 84th birthday. Between his debut in […]
By Connie F. Smith-Lindsey, Guest Contributor, Oh Freedom, Oh Freedom And before I’ll be a slave I’d be buried in my grave And go home to my lord and be free From Brown Chapel A.M.E. […]
By Edelia Dr. Jay Carthan, Contributing Writer, John Lewis was only 21 years-old in the famous mugshot seen around the world when he was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for using a restroom labeled “whites only.” […]
By Emmitt Hayes Jr., Guest Contributor, ‘The boy from Troy’ are words of Martin Luther King Jr.; a playful set of words, loaded with pride. John Lewis was such a regular looking fellow, so unassuming […]
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