By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, The Underground Railroad Re-Run, Inc. (UGRRR) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate and re-educate the world regarding the resilient history of African Americans by retracing tragedies and massacres […]
By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, Despite historic declines in teen pregnancy and birth rates, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) also reports that there is still more work to be done. One county […]
By Shirley Hopkins Davis, PhD, Special to The Mississippi Link, If you’ve ever wondered what happened to a small private A.M.E. school called Campbell College in Jackson, Mississippi, you will find it online using the […]
Over the course of a day-and-a half in late May and early June 1921, a white mob, angered by the alleged assault of a white woman by a black man, burned and looted the predominantly […]
Funeral services are set this week for the Mississippi city of Laurel’s first Black mayor, who served two terms. Melvin Mack died Friday. A cause of death was not released. He was 72. Mack was […]
LOKICHAR, Kenya — When Kenyan President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta announced in August 2019 that the country had joined the oil-exporting nations, Abraham Lokopir, a businessman in Lokichar, Turkana County, saw an opportunity. “I took a bank […]
A 42-year-old elephant at Hagenbeck Zoo has been selected to try to predict team results at the UEFA European Championship this month. Yashoda, the oldest elephant at the Hamburg, Germany, zoo, was chosen to predict […]
MELBOURNE, Australia — Victoria Police will have 450 officers patrolling the state’s roads to make sure Melbourne residents comply with Covid restrictions. The rules have been eased in regional Victoria, and police say there is a risk people […]
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