Ellington

The ACLU of Mississippi is having its annual membership meeting at the 930 Blues Cafe, on North Congress Street, on Friday, July 20, at 6 p.m. The ACLU will honor Jackson Advocate Publisher Charles Tisdale and exonerated Parchman inmate Cedric Willis, who spent 12 years in prison after a botched trial.

The ACLU will also honor Youth Activist Scholarship Award winner Kahlil Johnson, of the Holmes County Youth Activists; Youth Freedom Fighter Award winner and Jim Hill High School student Britney Crowell; and Freedom Fighting Organizational Award winners, the Jim Hill High School Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Club.