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President Obama acknowledges birth of the blues in Mississippi
By Monica Land WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening remarks Tuesday night at the “In Performance at the White House” Blues Event, President Barack Obama spoke to his guests on how the blues traveled from […]
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Lynching of 2 Mississippians featured in TV show
By Monica Land The Injustice Files: At The End Of A Rope airs tonight SILVER SPRING, Md. – Lynchings have long been a part of Mississippi’s dark past. Since the days of slavery, many innocent, […]
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Kolin Publishes 10th Edition of Business/Technical Writing Textbook
Dr. Philip C. Kolin, University Distinguished Professor of English in the College of Arts and Letters, recently had the 10thedition of his widely used Successful Writing at Work published through Cengage/Wadsworth, a leading textbook publisher. […]
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Portrait of late and controversial Jackson mayor put up at city hall
By Monica Land JACKSON – It took 500 days, but a portrait of former Jackson Mayor Frank Melton is now hanging in city hall. Portraits of seven former Jackson mayors grace a wall at city […]
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Bryant salutes work of racial reconciliation group
By JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Gov. Phil Bryant said he plans to continue activity with a Christian group promoting racial reconciliation. Mission Mississippi honored Bryant Friday, hosting the Governor’s Prayer Luncheon […]
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Obama delivers a confrontational State of the Union address
The president opens an election-year debate on the role of government, drawing contrasts with Republicans on taxes for the wealthy and mortgage refinancing. By using his State of the Union speech to draw sharp contrasts […]
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Venue change delayed in alleged Jackson hate-crime case
JACKSON (AP) — A judge on Tuesday postponed arguments on whether to move the trial of a white Mississippi teenager charged with intentionally using a pickup truck to run over a black man. Deryl Dedmon, 19, […]