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Analysis: Mississippi might have to rethink Capitol statues

Analysis: Mississippi might have to rethink Capitol statues
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Stars and Stripes - Mississippi might have to rethink Confederate statues in US Capitol

Stars and Stripes - Mississippi might have to rethink Confederate statues in US Capitol
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Family and friends honor Medgar Evers on the 58th commemoration of his assassination

Family and friends honor Medgar Evers on the 58th commemoration of his assassination
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Natasha Trethewey project a remix of civil rights anthem

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‘For My People’ was written by Northwestern alumna Margaret Walker Alexander
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Northwestern English professor Natasha Trethewey, two-time U.S. Poet Laureate and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2007, introduced a special collaborative remix of the seminal poem “For My People,” a civil rights anthem written in 1937 by Northwestern alumna Margaret Walker Alexander.
A collaboration between PBS American Portrait and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Commission on the Arts, of which Trethewey is co-chair, the project invited Americans to submit their own lines inspired by “For My People.” The Academy enlisted members including John Lithgow, Yo-Yo Ma, Ken Burns and Henry Louis Gates to record parts of the poem. ....

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Mississippi's 'education governor,' William Winter, dies

Mississippi’s ‘education governor,’ William Winter, dies
Mississippi’s ‘education governor,’ William Winter, dies
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Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, who championed education initiatives, job creation, and racial harmony throughout his life, died Friday Dec. 18, 2020, at age 97.
Known as Mississippi’s Education Governor, Winter secured passage of landmark educational initiatives in 1982 bringing kindergartens, compulsory school attendance, and a range of other key reforms to a state plagued by poverty and illiteracy. During his remarkable 75 years of public service, Winter linked education with economic development in the nation’s poorest state, observing, “The road out of the poor house, runs past the school house.” ....

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