B.B. King Museum celebrates expansion & memorial garden
June 5, 2021 was a date to remember for true Blues music fans. And most true Blues fans are also fans of B.B. King – “The King of the Blues”.
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Bennie McRae: Recapturing essential black history
Kentucky isn’t the first thing that comes to Bennie McRae’s mind when his hometown of Louisville is mentioned. You see, Bennie McRae, Jr., the nationally renowned master researcher and Civil War guru, was born in Louisville, Alabama, and not in the big-horse town almost 550 miles due north of his birthplace.
He and his wife of 58 years, Virgilene McRae, live in Trotwood, Ohio today. They first moved to Cincinnati in 1957 for one year, then to Dayton, and on to Trotwood in 1979. They’ve been there ever since.
Congresswoman: ‘weak laws hinder police arrests of gun traffickers’
The near-stagnant pace of federal gun law reform and lack of gun possession restrictions in Mississippi make it easy to get a gun in the Magnolia State — and for hundreds of them to end up on Chicago streets every year.
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.
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.
In the History Corner… The Tulsa Massacre of 1921
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.
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.
Bennie McRae: Recapturing essential black history
Kentucky isn’t the first thing that comes to Bennie McRae’s mind when his hometown of Louisville is mentioned. You see, Bennie McRae, Jr., the nationally renowned master researcher and Civil War guru, was born in Louisville, Alabama, and not in the big-horse town almost 550 miles due north of his birthplace. He and his wife of 58 years, Virgilene McRae, live in Trotwood, Ohio today. They first moved to Cincinnati in 1957 for one year, then to Dayton, and on to Trotwood in 1979. They’ve been there ever since.
Congresswoman: ‘weak laws hinder police arrests of gun traffickers’
The near-stagnant pace of federal gun law reform and lack of gun possession restrictions in Mississippi make it easy to get a gun in the Magnolia State — and for hundreds of them to end up on Chicago streets every year.
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.
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.
In the History Corner… The Tulsa Massacre of 1921
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.
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.