The Mississippi Mass Choir, alongside the Burks family, will celebrate the extraordinary life, legacy, and ministry of our beloved Mosie “Mama” Burks with services in Jackson, Mississippi, July 15–16, 2025. Mama Burks has accepted the call of a lifetime—one...
By: Roscoe Barnes, III, Visit Natchez A $150,000 grant awarded in 2024 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation has made a difference in the appearance, stability, and preservation of Beulah Missionary Baptist Church. The funding, which came...
By: Marilyn Tinnin, Magnolia Tribune A baby Boomer born in 1953 to a Navy pilot from Thibodeaux, Louisiana, and a mother from Muskogee, Oklahoma, J. Fred Knobloch’s dreams of a future in the music business began in their red brick apartment, a stone’s...
By: Roscoe Barnes A recent panel discussion on slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers presented him as a family man, a fearless leader in the Civil Rights Movement, and a thriving student at Alcorn State University, where his legacy is recognized to this day....
By: Rachel Vanderford, UMMC Communications Photos By: Joe Ellis/ UMMC Communications When Candace Walker of Pontotoc found out she was pregnant at 39, she knew her journey wouldn’t be easy. With Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, neuropathy and a history of...
By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune Unity has not been used to describe the City of Jackson in quite some time, but on Tuesday it was on display during the inauguration ceremony for new Mayor John Horhn (D). From his inauguration address to a speech...
