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IBBA, Inc. names Bishop Joe Simon to global position
As a result of visiting Mississippi earlier this month, Bishop Joe Simon has earned another noteworthy accolade. The International Black Broadcasters Association, Inc. (IBBA), based in Hattiesburg, Miss., has extended him an invitation to be […]
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Black Press photographers denied access at Jackson’s memorial
LOS ANGELES (NNPA) – Historically the Black press has been covering Black artists, entertainers and other well-known personalities when no one else would, primarily out of a sense of duty, responsibility and pride in order […]
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Pres. Obama taps Regina Benjamin as Surgeon General
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama turned to the Deep South for the next surgeon general, choosing a rural Alabama family physician who made headlines with fierce determination to rebuild her nonprofit medical clinic in the […]
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Slain ex-QB McNair mourned as a ‘hero,’ ‘legend’
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Titans quarterback Vince Young didn’t expect to speak Saturday during his mentor’s funeral. He wound up summing up the emotional day with just a few words. “Steve was like a hero […]
Sports
No surprise: Heat tell Wade they want him to stay
MIAMI – When Dwyane Wade checked his cell phone shortly after midnight Sunday, he got perhaps the most predictable text message of his life. After all, it hardly classifies as stunning news that the Miami […]
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Newly-elected mayor calls for Jackson’s restoration
July 3 is a day to be remembered by those who observed inaugural festivities for Jackson’s third-term mayor, the Honorable Harvey Johnson Jr. The 8 a.m. prayer service at north Jackson’s New Hope Baptist Church […]
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Long Live The King: Michael Jackson
LOS ANGELES – The world’s greatest entertainer Michael Jackson made one final jaw-dropping and tear- drawing appearance when Andrae Crouch’s gospel group brought him into the Staples Center to the melody of “Soon and Very […]
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McNair brought big-time football to Alcorn St.
Associated Press Steve McNair came off the bench in the first game of his freshman season and rallied Alcorn State to a victory against Grambling State. So began one of the great careers in the […]
Education
JSU hosts visitors from Azerbaijan
Special to The Mississippi Link The International Visitors Center at Jackson State University recently hosted a contingent of urban planners, engineers and architects from Azerbaijan as part of an international professional development program. “They were […]