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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 […]

Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj

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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 […]

Alt-Right: Age of Rage

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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, […]

Callaway High School inducts former athletes in Basketball Hall of Fame

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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 […]

George Jackson still going strong at 80

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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 […]

Home of slain civil rights activist now identified as National Landmark

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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 […]

Stacey Abrams – standing on strong shoulders

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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, […]

Ranjit Arapurakal

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Interview with Kam Williams Jersey-Raised Rocker on World Tour Takes a Pause for the Cause Born in his mother’s hometown of Trivandrum, India, the terra cotta-colored capital of Kerala, Ranjit Arapurakal spent his infancy […]

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Film Review by Kam Williams Cured Quadriplegic Crime Victim Seeks Revenge in Futuristic Sci-Fi Thriller Mechanic Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green) is a dying breed. He’s an an old school, grease monkey who can roll […]

Black Panther

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Blu-ray Review by Kam Williams Chadwick Boseman Rises to the Occasion as African King/Marvel Superhero Chadwick Boseman has already made quite a career out of portraying a variety of prominent African-Americans, from football star […]