By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, Jackson native Zeita Merchant is the current Commanding Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Personnel Service Center. She is the first female African American to be appointed rear admiral lower half […]
By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, With few exceptions, you could count on former House Speaker Philip Gunn to uphold the status quo of inequity in Mississippi, the unwavering mindset of yesterday’s thinking and behavior that […]
By Michael Goldberg Associated Press/Report for America, As a child, Dau Mabil escaped war-torn Sudan and built a new life in Mississippi. This month, fishermen found the body of the 33-year-old Mabil floating in a […]
By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Try as we may to turn the corner on Mississippi’s blatant racism and confederate-minded thinking and actions, there are those – elected by the people – who will not budge. […]
By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, “Where is Dau Mabil?” That’s the lurking question that spouse Karissa Bowley and supporters continue to raise since he went missing three weeks ago. According to Karissa, Dau […]
The Mississippi Link Newswire, Jackson State University announces two distinguished alumni will keynote the 2024 Spring commencement ceremonies. United States District Judge Carlton W. Reeves will serve as the speaker for the graduate student ceremony […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, O.J. Simpson, a towering figure in both the sports world and the annals of American legal history, has lost his battle with cancer at the age of […]
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, The eagerly anticipated celestial spectacle of a total solar eclipse finally descended upon North America after a seven-year hiatus, captivating millions of skywatchers Monday. With its grand […]
By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Gathering yet again on Saturday, April 6, 2024, the Rankin County NAACP held a Town Hall focused on two items: the state sentencing of Goon Squad members, scheduled for 9 […]
By Daphne Monix Higgins, Contributing Writer, More than a century ago, a specific oak tree stood tall on the south side of Florence Avenue in West Jackson, in an area formally known as Gowdy, Mississippi. […]
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