Jackson Advocate News Service

A Smith & Wesson bought in MS killed a teen in Chicago

Malcolm Stuckey was pulling up in a burgundy Pontiac Grand Prix to his friend’s birthday party in Chicago’s once-prosperous Englewood neighborhood when a bullet fired from a gun, bought 840 miles away in Mississippi, tore into his brain. His killing in 2014 placed the 19-year-old college student, college basketball player, and museum janitor among 2,581 people shot in Chicago, which recorded 4,133 shootings in 2020. The city has counted more than 1,100 shootings already this year, according to the Chicago Tribune.

2021 Legacy Change Agents scholarship recipients announced

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Letter to the Editor

Systemic cheating threatens quality of U.S. education

Who deserves commemoration – Jefferson Davis or Black Union soldiers?

Reprint: May 29-June 4, 2008 Compare the historical fate of Black United States Army Sgt. Jack “Big Jack” Jackson with white racist secessionist leader Jefferson Davis, the only president of the aborted Confederate States of America.

Remembering Memorial Day

“For the Fallen,” a poem written by Laurence Binyon (1914), reminds us that “there is music in the midst of desolation…And a glory that shines upon our tears.” And so, it is, as we again celebrate Memorial Day, the federal holiday set aside to respectively honor and commemorate the men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifices in any of the American wars. This holiday has evolved through numerous changes and is now stationarily celebrated on the last Monday in May.

Congratulations to MSU graduate Chelsea Williams

There are a lot of students walking across the graduation stage this year, but few can do it with the swagger that Clinton, Mississippi native Chelsea Williams can because she is sporting a magna cum laude sash at 22-years old.

Together we grow

Residents in the Burgland community of McComb were invited out to a Meet and Greet on May 1 at Gertrude’s Garden. The community engagement event fostered collaboration and conversation between community organizations and residents. Kingdom Outreach Ministry, YUNGCitizens, and the Black History Gallery sponsored the outreach initiative to take an active role in connecting with the community.

Former Hinds County Sheriff succumbs to cancer

The Jackson Advocate sends condolences to the family of former Hinds County Sheriff Victor Mason whose long-term battle with prostate cancer ended Friday, May 21. Visitation was held Wednesday, May 26 at Lakeover Funeral Home, Jackson, MS. A private family graveside service was held Thursday, May 27 at 11 a.m.