Year: 2021

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, If Wilmington, North Carolina can have a healing, maybe America can have a healing, asserted National Newspaper Publishers Association president and CEO Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., during a […]

By Jeffory McKenzie, VFW Historian, Post 9832, The Veterans of Foreign Wars in the 5th District of Mississippi, held a joint Veterans Day program Nov. 11. It was  hosted by VFW Post 9832 in Jackson. […]

By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, Members of the MS Central State Troopers Coalition (MCSTC) held their quarterly meeting at the Legacy/Slaughter Library Wednesday, November 10. They received a welcome from the county through Board of Supervisors […]

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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The City of Jackson unveiled the latest additions to their “Icons” art series on Wednesday, celebrating some famous faces familiar to Jackson.

The first mural was unveiled last May facing Two Museums in downtown Jackson. That mural paid tribute to Eudora Welty, Medgar Evers, Thalia Mara and David Banner.

Now the artist, Reshonda Perryman, said she is back with artwork for nine other Jackson icons.

“This is truly a pleasure its an honor it’s a privilege its all of those things into one,” said honoree Hezekiah Watkins.

“It makes me feel good I pride myself on doing work where I can actually see the fruits of my labor or see how it benefits people and it makes me happy for people to be able to enjoy what I consider my purpose,” said Reshonda Perryman.

Perryman said she hopes to see the art exhibit eventually travel around the state. The nine icons included Margaret Walker Alexander, James Meredith, Dorothy Moore, Walter Payton, Angie Thomas, Hezekiah Watkins, Hal & Mal White and Richard Wright. […]

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