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By Paul J. Weber and Jill Bleed, Associated Press, A new leader has been selected to lead Alcorn State University’s Department of Fine Arts to new heights. Sean Daniels began his new role as the […]

By India Fuller, JSU Intern, Holy Temple M.B Church in West Jackson made its history, Sunday, Feb. 28. It held its “first virtual” Black History Program due to the COVID-19 safety guidelines. The program began […]

By Isabelle Taft, Associated Press, That’s how it looked to Melissa Evans when she compared her family tree to the ones created by her third-grade classmates. Some of her white classmates had branches stretching back […]

By India Fuller, JSU Intern, The commemoration of “Bloody Sunday” 2021 looked a lot different this year, due to the COVID-19 safety guidelines.  Sunday’s observance also marked the first commemoration without Civil Rights Icon John […]

By Edelia “Dr. Jay” Carthan, Staff Writer, Women for Progress of MS, Inc., along with sponsoring partners, hosted a 2021 City of Jackson Mayoral Debate, Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 7 p.m. virtually at Mississippi […]

By Emily Wagster Pettus and Leah Willingham, Associated Press, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says that as of Wednesday, he is getting rid of most mask mandates that he had imposed to try to slow the spread […]

By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Contributing Writer, The first of a series of forums entitled The Legacy of Courage brought attention to African-American women who have stood tall before humanity and produced change on Monday, March […]

By Jeff Jardine, Featured, Minority Veterans, Calvet Connect, One summer afternoon in the late 1950s, eight-year-old Phillip Willis Jr. took a break from mowing lawns at a home in Jackson, Mississippi. Having worked up a […]

By By Ayesha K. Mustafaa, Contributing Writer, African-American history is living history, building upon what has been established as well as establishing new blocks to build upon. Mississippi is profoundly rich in African-American history, being […]