News | Jackson Free Press | Jackson, MS
WEBApr 21, 2022 — Mississippi native Jay Branch has organized the inaugural Kids Fest Jackson event taking place in Jackson, Miss., on Saturday, April 9, 2022. By Dustin Cardon, Mississippi Free Press April 8, 2022.
Music - Jackson Free Press
WEBJan 19, 2022 — Jackson rapper Navihon was the first artist to hit the stage at “The Culture Rap Concert,” part of the seventh-annual Jackson Indie Music Week held at Hal and Mal’s. By Aliyah Veal ...
Jackson Tragedy: The RNA, Revisited - Jackson Free Press
WEBMar 5, 2014 — Jackson Tragedy: The RNA, Revisited. This unassuming house near Jackson State University served as the headquarters of the Republic of New Afrika in 1971. One morning in August that year, Jackson ...
Women-Founded Nonprofit Acquires Jackson Free Press Assets
WEBMay 31, 2022 — Our address is 125 S. Congress Street #1324, Jackson, MS, 39201. Call the MFP at 601-301-2021 and Publisher Kimberly Griffin at (601) 884-0316. “The MFP and JFP were separate organizations until ...
JPD Announces New Bomb Squad Truck and Bomb-Sniffing K9
WEBMay 28, 2019 — 0. JACKSON—Loki, the 4-month-old new bomb-squad K-9 for the Jackson Police Department, wagged his tail as he stood beside JPD Officer Sam Brown and Aaron Allen, his handler, on the corner of ...
From Mississippi to Liberia: The Living Legacy of America’s West ...
WEBNov 14, 2018 — Many say the legacy of freed African-American slaves, some from Mississippi, living and ruling over Liberia for more than 150 years ignited two Liberian civil wars that spanned 14 years off and on ...
Joe Biden and the Dixiecrats Who Helped His Career
WEBMay 1, 2019 — The Dixiecrat mentorship Biden received during his early years in the Senate appear to have left their mark. In 1986, The Morning News reported on Biden's trip to Alabama, where Democratic state ...
News | Jackson Free Press | Jackson, MS
WEBMay 31, 2022 — Mississippi native Jay Branch has organized the inaugural Kids Fest Jackson event taking place in Jackson, Miss., on Saturday, April 9, 2022. By Dustin Cardon, Mississippi Free Press. April 8 ...
UPDATED: City Selects Blogger 'Kingfish' Hendrix, 'Snakeman' …
WEBJan 23, 2017 — The documents announcing Hendrix's nomination say he will be taking a vacant Ward 1 seat, representing northeast Jackson. Ward 7 Councilwoman and Vice President Margaret Barrett-Simon seemed ...
Faith Simone Thigpen | Jackson Free Press | Jackson, MS
WEBMar 6, 2019 — JACKSON — Those who follow the TV series "Bring It!"—a show about the Dancing Dolls, a Jackson dance group—will likely recognize the name Faith Simone Thigpen. Thigpen, 18, starred in the ...