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State honors King, Lee

Governor, other leaders share thoughts on holiday By Shanderia K. Posey Editor As the state prepares to honor civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 18, state and local leaders are weighing in […]

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Is King’s dream dead or alive in 2016?

By Janice K. Neal-Vincent Contributing Writer Since its 1954 origin the Civil Rights Movement frequently visits and rests upon America’s conscience. Equally, the rise of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as its charismatic […]

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Human Rights/Women’s Advocate Succumbs

By David Stokes/NNPA
Special To The Mississippi Link

After suffering a massive stroke and its debilitating effects for over a week, Mrs. Evelyn Gibson Lowery, wife of civil rights leader Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, and founder and board chair of SCLC/WOMEN (Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now), Inc., died last week in her southwest Atlanta home upon leaving a local hospital after doctors asserted there was nothing more medically that could be done for her… […]