Hollis Watkins – The Mississippi Link

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MDAH ‘History is Lunch’ series presented the book Brother Hollis: The Sankofa of a Movement Man by Hollis Watkins

By Janice K. Neal-Vincent Contributing Writer During their History is Lunch Series, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History gave voice to long-time civil rights activist/founder of the Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, […]

50th anniversary in the works…Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964 – 2014

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By Ayesha K. Mustafaa Editor Mayor Chokwe Lumumba put his backing for the 50th Anniversary of the Mississippi Freedom Summer when, according to the planners, “… in 1964, more than 1,000 volunteers from across America […]