Dr. Lawrence T. Potter, Jr.
Jackson State University recently hired native Jacksonian Dr. Lawrence T. Potter Jr. as dean of the College of Liberal Arts.
Jackson Free Clinic Volunteers
Jackson Free Clinic volunteers began a recent expansion with a demolition party.
Animal of the Day: Shelter Cats
The cat's out of the bag at Community Animal Rescue & Adoption--and hopefully going to a new home this weekend.
Sabrina Morgan
The Milken Foundation awarded Sabrina Morgan of Pearl Lower Elementary School the Milken Educator Award in a surprise ceremony Tuesday morning.
RaSul Hijaz El
RaSul Hijaz El is a talented portrait artist known to a small following in Jackson for bringing his subjects to life with pen, pencil and pastels.
Leon Lowe
Leon Lowe, along with a group of fellow neighbors, started the Bailey Avenue Renewal Coalition 15 years ago, after deciding that if they worked together, they could make their neighborhood a better place.
Kayla Booker
Jackson native Kayla Booker recently received a $10,000 Minority Accounting Doctoral Scholarship from the KPMG Foundation.
Dr. Carolyn Meyers
It's a different world from the one in which Dr. Carolyn Meyers studied alloys as a graduate engineering student at Georgia Tech.
Ellen Douglas
Mississippi native and author Ellen Douglas died today at age 91 from an extended illness.
Syd Curry
Before 2008, hairstylist Syd Curry had not set foot in the state of Mississippi in decades.
Flonzie Brown-Wright
It wasn't so very long ago that voting was a right people fought and died for. Native Mississippian Flonzie Brown-Wright remembers those days clearly.
Dr. Younus Mirza
Dr. Younus Mirza, a visiting professor at Millsaps College, is giving a free lecture tonight on "al-Qaeda in Today's World," exploring the group's role in the current global state.
Charlie Braxton
Jackson native Charlie Braxton will be at Gallery 1 in One University Place this evening at 5:30 p.m. to promote and sign copies of his new poetry book, "Cinders Rekindled."
James Meredith
On Tuesday, Oct. 30, ESPN's critically acclaimed series "30 for 30" focuses on Mississippi for a second time.
Frank Figgers
At Tougaloo College, Frank Figgers worked part-time for the Jackson Human Rights Project. One of the projects "arms" was the Georgetown Liberation School, which later changed its name to the Georgetown Black and Proud School and, ultimately, the Black and Proud Elementary School.