By Othor Cain, Contributing Writer, Mississippi was, for much of the 20th century, the central stage of America’s struggle over voting rights, segregation, and human dignity. Into that long fight stepped the Rev. Jesse Louis […]
By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, It was a concert, just one in a series titled ‘Concerts in the Country,’ but it was so much more. When Jerry C. Smith and The Children of Israel perform, […]
The Mississippi Link Newswire, Today, February 17, 2026 I lost the man who first called me into purpose when I was just twelve years old. And our nation lost one of its greatest moral voices. The […]
By James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D., President Emeritus, Teen Mentoring Committee of Ohio, There are some things I remember like they happened yesterday. In fact, I can recall them with great detail. As a 4th […]
By Gail H.M. Brown, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, Six years ago, Frederica Angel Meeks of Canton, Miss., was fighting for her life. Diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2011, Meeks underwent multiple treatments, procedures, and heart […]
By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, For forty years, Forward Lookers Federated Club has impacted the lives of many. The club sisters have steadfastly celebrated humankind and have grown in grace – a benchmark […]
By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, In Mississippi, where poverty is the highest in the entire nation, and where state leadership continually demonstrates indifference toward African Americans who make up nearly 40 percent of the population, […]
By Ayesha K. Mustafaa, Special to Mississippi Link, The organization, Mississippi For A Just World (M4JW), with its partners Black With No Chaser and Tougaloo College, presented its second installment in the lecture series “Voices […]
By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, As immigration enforcement actions intensify across the country in our communities, the Trump Administration pushes to rewrite or erase the nation’s nonwhite history – censoring national museum exhibits, removing plaques […]
By Dr. Ben Chavis, NNPA, History has a way of repeating itself. Today, it rhymes with the clicking of handcuffs on two of our own: Don Lemon and Georgia Fort. We know this playbook. We […]
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