Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) was just a boy when civil rights leader Medgar Evers was gunned down in front of his Mississippi home in 1963. But Evers’s legacy left a lasting impact on the 13-term congressman. “I was very young when he died in his driveway, killed by a fellow who somehow saw him as…
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NORMAN, Miss. (WJTV) – Grammy award-winning artist Montell Jordan will be the Spring 2024 Commencement speaker at Alcorn State University. Two ceremonies will be held on Saturday, May 11, in the Davey L. Whitney HPER Complex. The first ceremony will begin at 9:00 a.m. and honor graduates from the Golden Class of 1974, College of […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader