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A Fortress from Self Pity: June Jordan and Fannie Lou Hamer
June Jordan (1936-2002) was born on July 9, 1936, in Harlem, New York, the only child of Jamaican immigrant parents. She was a poet, essayist, teacher, feminist, civil rights activist, and self-identified Bisexual. While the students at most of the schools … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Mississippi, Poetry
Tagged A Fortress From Self Pity, Fannie Lou Hamer, June Jordan, Segregation, Voter Registration
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In Memoriam: Mary Beth Stanley, 1968 – 2016: “Think of Me”
Her name was Mary Beth Stanley. I am her father, and she was the older of my two daughters. Please remember her. No child was ever wanted more. I was reluctant to have another kid, because money was tight and … Continue reading
Posted in Memorial, Mississippi, poem, Sports
Tagged All Saints School, Death, equistrian, Grief, Mary Beth Stanley, Swimming, Think of Me
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Word Cloud: AFTERIMAGE
NONA BLYTH CLOUD Writing poetry in reaction to headline news is risky business. Even some of the best poets have written work so momentary about a particular incident it’s glaringly out-of-place in their future collected works. But when a poet … Continue reading
Posted in Mississippi, Poetry, Racism, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Afterimage, Audre Lorde, Homophobia, Lynching in America, Police Killing, Sexism
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One year ago tonight, a brave heart was stilled. The Brandi Nicole Stanley story.
This is a story that begins with the ending. I have been working on the Brandi Story for twenty-five years. I write a few pages, and then start over. I made up a kind of biographical essay that we gave … Continue reading
Posted in DHS, Hospitals, Memorial, Mississippi, Nurses
Tagged anaclitic depression, Brandi Nicole Stanley, Cancer, Death, Foster Parents
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Morning Open Thread – Mississippi Pot Roast; the recipe that ate the internet.
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. The Mississippi Pot Roast has been called the dish that ate the internet. It is probably the easiest pot roast recipe I have ever seen. … Continue reading
Word Cloud: RIFT
by Nona Blyth Cloud We sometimes forget how closely History is following behind us. Only 50 years ago, it was still illegal for people of different races to marry in 16 U.S. states, mostly in the South. It wasn’t until … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Constitutional Law, Louisiana, Mississippi, Poetry, Racism, Word Cloud
Tagged African American, Black History, Interracial Marriage, Natasha Trethewey, Pulitizer Prize, Rift
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Police Chief of Gulfport, Mississippi, Says That Open Carry Incident in a Walmart Store Could Have Turned into ‘Violent Misunderstanding’
By Elaine Magliaro Leonard Papania, the police chief of Gulfport, Mississippi, appears to be unhappy with his state’s open carry laws “after a man strolling through a Walmart Sunday night menaced shoppers by loading and racking shells into his shotgun…” The … Continue reading
Posted in Law Enforcement, Mississippi, Police, States, United States
Tagged Guns, Open Carry Laws
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LYNCHING IN AMERICA: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror—A Report from the Equal Justice Initiative
By Elaine Magliaro Earlier today, the Equal justice Initiative (EJI) released a report of a multi-year investigation titled Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror. EJI discovered that lynchings in this country were more extensive than had been … Continue reading
Posted in Alabama, American History, Crime, Equal Rights, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Local Government, Louisiana, Media, Mississippi, Propaganda, Racism, United States
Tagged Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Lynchings in America, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
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