JSU on ‘thee’ rise
Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., the ceremony that culminated in the investiture of Attorney Thomas K. Hudson began. It was held on the Gibbs-Green Pedestrian Walkway on the campus of Jackson State University. The crowd was large and the ceremony impressive, complete with an Inaugural Procession and Recessional led by the faculty in full academic regalia.
Colin Powell remembered as a ‘good man’ and ‘great American’
Colin Powell has died from complications from COVID-19, his family members have confirmed.
The first Black U.S. Secretary of State was 84.
“General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning [Oct. 18] due to complications from COVID-19,” the former General’s family wrote on Facebook.
Mural of baseball great unveiled at Smith Wills
Arguably the greatest home run hitter in the history of baseball will forever be immortalized by a mural that sits inside Smith Wills Stadium. An ambassador to baseball during and after his playing days, Henry “Hank” Aaron passed only months after plans for the mural were announced.
Former State Department diplomatic security expert in fight against cancer and eviction
Belzoni, MS native, Mary Ruth Hooker Robinson, was the first African American woman to rise to the highest ranks of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security. But her moment in the sun would be brief, and she would be denied the job security and compensation that should have been hers.
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JSU on ‘thee’ rise
Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., the ceremony that culminated in the investiture of Attorney Thomas K. Hudson began. It was held on the Gibbs-Green Pedestrian Walkway on the campus of Jackson State University. The crowd was large and the ceremony impressive, complete with an Inaugural Procession and Recessional led by the faculty in full academic regalia.
Colin Powell remembered as a ‘good man’ and ‘great American’
Colin Powell has died from complications from COVID-19, his family members have confirmed.
The first Black U.S. Secretary of State was 84.
“General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning [Oct. 18] due to complications from COVID-19,” the former General’s family wrote on Facebook.
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