Aaliyah Mitchell did not think her success at Grambling would start so soon at Grambling State University. Mitchell is a junior majoring in Computer Information Systems (CIS), a subject in which she tutors other students. In fall 2019 she was a fresh new student looking to make a great impact at GSU. She knew by […]
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USM professor recalls over half a century teaching art
When Jim Meade was a young boy he recalls seeing the “terrible” treatment of African-American children during segregation. Meade believes that experience was a turning point in his life that impacted his career forever. As a young child, Meade spent some of his free time deer hunting with his father. On one early morning hunting […]
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Graduating senior Tyler Randall says he has everything situated and is ready for the next level post graduation. Randall says he will be looking into getting a job as a police officer in his hometown of Tampa, Florida. “I started that journey last summer around June,” Randall said. “I was granted the job officially back […]
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Black History Tribute II
Revolutionary Angela Davis became an educator, teaching ethnic and feminist studies. She retired in 2008. In the month of February, people all over the country remember and celebrate those most influential to the black community. The prominent names you often hear are Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, Harriet Tubman, etc. […]
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Jayne Kennedy first became famous when she won the Miss Ohio USA title in 1970, a first for an African American. She was also one of the first women to become successful in the male-dominated world of sportscasting, winning an Emmy Award for her role on The NFL Today on CBS. Jayne Kennedy Overton was […]
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Misty Copeland made history when she became the first African American female principal dancer in the American Ballet Theater. She came to dancing late, starting at the age of 13. mistycopeland.com In reference to Black History Month coming up, it is time to spotlight African Americans who have made a way and created history and […]
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Charles Hamilton Houston, as special counsel for the NAACP, argued civil rights cases before the Supreme Court. He was a mentor to Thurgood Marshall.naacp.org Black History Month, celebrated Feb. 1-29 this year, is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans. It is a time for African Americans and others to celebrate and recognize what […]
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Black History Tribute I
When Jim Meade was a young boy he recalls seeing the “terrible” treatment of African-American children during segregation. Meade, a professor of painting and drawing at the University of Southern Mississippi, points to that experience as a turning point in his life that impacted his career forever. As a young child, Meade spent some of […]
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Smith The month of February is Black History Month, a month that is celebrated all over the country and reminds the American people about the important roles African Americans played is creating the United States. There are many notable African Americans poets you can think of when it comes to black history, such as Maya […]
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“Dedicated to those known and unknown who lost their lives in the Elaine Massacre” is inscribed on the memorial commemorating the incident that happened in 1919. It is located in Helena, Arkansas. facingsouth.org On Sept. 30, 1919, a racial massacre in Elaine, Ark., took an unknown number of lives. Estimates range from 100 to as […]