During May 31 and June 1, 1921, white residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma, with assistance from local officials, engaged in a massacre that resulted in the destruction of Black homes and businesses as well as Black lives, up to perhaps 300 people.
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.
On June 7, 2021, the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority (JMAA) celebrated the return of Southwest Airlines (SWA) at the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN) with a ceremonial ribbon cutting and reception.
This weekend, thousands will be commemorating the life of Medgar Evers, honoring June 12 – the day he was assasinated.
If elected Byram Alderman-At-Large, Roshunda Harris-Allen will become the first Black Woman to hold the seat. The general election is Tuesday, June 8.
The Racial Equity in Journalism (REJ) Fund at Borealis Philanthropy has awarded $3.6 million in grants to 28 news organizations serving communities of color across the country.
During its April meeting, the State Institutions of Higher Learning staff distributed to the board, and subsequently to the public, a budgetary report which showed that the Ayers allocations end this fiscal year.
Since a new administration began this January, there have been a series of hopeful signs that regressive and harmful practices will be challenged in the name of justice. On May 25, the U.S. Senate confirmed Kristen Clarke as the Justice Department’s Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Never before has a Black woman led this division that guides the federal government’s commitment to civil rights for all.
Victor Patton Mason, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, was born June 14, 1956, in Jackson, Mississippi. Victor was raised by Albertine Hopkins Mason.
Because of systemic issues such as gun violence, mental health stigma, access to affordable healthcare, and others, Pastor Hosea Hines, who leads Christ Tabernacle Church in Jackson, has begun to organize ministers and pastors from all over the nation to implement spiritual transformation and social revitalization within Black communities by tackling these issues through the purview of the Black church.
