By Ayesha K. Mustafaa, Contributing Writer, Ida B. Wells (Barnett) was freed from slavery at 9-months-old, when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed – born during the Civil War in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on July 16, […]
By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, On Friday night, March 24, 2023, residents in the small predominantly Black town of Rolling Fork, Mississippi (comprising nearly 1,800) were impacted by a deadly tornado that carried […]
By Ayesha K. Mustafaa, Contributing Writer, She’s known as “6’3 Lady Vee” and as “The Tall Lady of Soul,” born and raised in Mississippi as Verbia Ray Cooper, now recognized as Verbia C. Harden. […]
When Mackenzie Sachs, a registered dietitian on the Blackfeet Reservation, in northwestern Montana, sees a patient experiencing high blood pressure, diabetes, or another chronic illness, her first thought isn’t necessarily to recommend medication. Rather, if […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, More than 30 NNPA publishers and journalists followed up the address with a special White House visit in which Shalanda Young, the director of the U.S. Office […]
By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, During last year’s regular legislative session there were 2,981 bills introduced and 374 were approved by the Governor and seven became law without his approval, per the Senate Summary that […]
By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, On April 1, 2022, Richards Disposal, Inc. began picking up solid waste in Jackson under an emergency contract, set to last one year. We are now one week away from […]
Special to The Mississippi Link, “Oh, the lending fair was very educational,” expressed Zundria Webb of Cleveland. Webb was among more than 130 registrants for the Community Student Learning Center’s (CSLC) Small Business Administration’s (SBA) […]
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