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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade slated for Monday, Jan. 15

Retired educator Leola Harris and Natchez Police Chief Cal Green will serve as co-grand marshals for the 2024 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade. ... Read more

by Roscoe Barnes III, Tuesday, January 2, 2024 1:56 pm

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Donnan’s Barbershop building approved for Mississippi Freedom Trail Marker

The building once used as a meeting place for the Natchez Deacons for Defense and Justice will be the site of a second Mississippi Freedom ... Read more

by Roscoe Barnes III, Thursday, December 14, 2023 4:07 pm

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Natchez woman who fought in all-black female battalion in WWII posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal

Before the showing of his film “The Six Triple Eight” on Monday at NAPAC Museum, James Williams Theres, the film’s director and producer, stopped by ... Read more

by Roscoe Barnes III, Wednesday, November 8, 2023 12:42 pm

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Ford attends Emmy Awards ceremony following nomination of ‘American Reckoning’

Denise Jackson Ford, daughter of slain civil rights leader, Wharlest Jackson Sr., recently traveled to New York to participate in the 44th Annual News & ... Read more

by Roscoe Barnes III, Friday, October 13, 2023 10:58 am

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Nelson’s talk on Ben Chester White draws record crowd

NATCHEZ – Stanley Nelson’s talk on the 1966 murder of Ben Chester White drew 120 people to the Sept. 26 meeting of the Natchez Historical ... Read more

by Roscoe Barnes III, Monday, October 2, 2023 9:55 am

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Zion Chapel to celebrate Hiram Revels with bust in his honor. Unveiling set for Saturday, Sept. 30.

Zion Chapel A.M.E. Church will celebrate the legacy of Hiram Rhodes Revels this month with a bust in his honor created by Bob Willis of ... Read more

by Roscoe Barnes III, Thursday, September 7, 2023 10:58 am

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Civil rights pioneer Anne Moody to be honored by Tougaloo College on Oct. 13

Civil rights pioneer Anne Moody will be inducted into the Tougaloo College National Alumni Association Hall of Fame during a banquet ceremony at 7 p.m., ... Read more

by Roscoe Barnes III, Sunday, September 3, 2023 1:19 pm

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