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The A-TEAAM Mentoring Group commemorates the 55th Anniversary of the death of Medgar Evers
By Othor Cain. Editor, Tuesday, June 12, marks the 55th anniversary of the death of one of Mississippi’s most celebrated and visible civil rights activist. Medgar Wiley Evers, whose murder drew national attention, served in […]
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City Council members address hold-up at budget meeting for the upcoming fiscal year
By Cianna Hope Reeves, JSU Student Intern, The city’s budget report (audit) currently stands as incomplete after two deadline extensions, and the City Council wants answers. Jackson’s City Council members held a finance committee meeting […]
News
Remembering Lonnie
By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, It was Saturday evening, May 10, that I received the unexpected news that our online editor had passed away. I was extremely saddened and shocked as I realized why Lonnie Ross […]
Entertainment
Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj
The “Little Rock” Interview with Kam Williams Activist Director Discusses His New Play about Historic School Integration Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj is an Indo-Afro-Caribbean American artist, educator and activist. As a playwright, Maharaj has authored […]
Entertainment
Alt-Right: Age of Rage
Film Review by Kam Williams Eye-Opening Documentary Chronicles Events Leading Up to Charlottesville The election of Donald Trump has ostensibly served to embolden Ku Klux Klansmen, neo-Nazis and the rest of the Alt-Right movement, […]
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Callaway High School inducts former athletes in Basketball Hall of Fame
By Cianna Hope Reeves, JSU Student Intern, The wait is finally over for one Callaway High School basketball team – 45 years later. Callaway’s men’s basketball team hustled their way to victory in the 1973 […]
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George Jackson still going strong at 80
By Othor Cain, Editor, A man that has given so much to so many was celebrated May 26 at the Mississippi Realtors Center in Flowood. Nearly 200 people including family, friends, colleagues, community members and […]
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Home of slain civil rights activist now identified as National Landmark
By Cianna Hope Reeves, JSU Student Intern, A husband, a father, a brother, and most importantly, a proud advocate for African-American equality, Medgar Evers is a man whose life is still being honored and recognized […]
Opinion
Stacey Abrams – standing on strong shoulders
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA News Wire Columnist, I am among the millions who are ecstatic that Stacey Abrams won the Democratic nomination for governor in Georgia. She didn’t just win, she rocked, clobbering her opponent, […]