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Derby, Baker and Slaughter-Harvey want social justice in JSU's Gibbs-Green tragedy


Derby, Baker and Slaughter-Harvey want social justice in JSU’s Gibbs-Green tragedy
Derby, Baker and Slaughter-Harvey want social justice in JSU’s Gibbs-Green tragedy
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Gibbs and Green
On Friday, May 14, the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University hosted via its Facebook page a virtual gallery talk of the May 1970 Gibbs-Green Tragedy. Featured was a collection of 60 photographs by Doris Derby, Ph.D., that have never been revealed within an exhibition. Following police shootings on May 14, Phillip Lafayette Gibbs, a 21-year-old junior political science major and James Earl Green, a 17-year-old Jim Hill High School senior who was walking home from work, were murdered. During the pandemonium twelve students were shot while flying debris, glass and brick injured dozens others.  ....

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Using words to build bridges: Whately writers join national series of live-streamed presentations


Using words to build bridges: Whately writers join national series of live-streamed presentations
George Howe Colt at his home in Whately. Gazette file photo
Whately nonfiction writers George Howe Colt and Anne Fadiman are participating in next week’s “Write America” discussion. via Wikipedia
Published: 3/16/2021 2:16:59 PM
Can books play a role in helping to bridge the deep cultural and political divisions in our nation? There’s no easy answer to the question, but a national series of livestreamed conversations between writers is attempting to find out.
“Write America,” which began in February, features a weekly discussion between two or three writers and sometimes artists from other fields. The series has been created by veteran journalist, novelist and playwright Roger Rosenblatt, who teaches English and writing at Stony Brook University in New York. ....

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