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City Council Meeting at JSU Ecenter Draws Huge Turnout www.mississippilink.com Vol. 21, No. 22 MARCH 26 - APRIl 1, 2015 50¢ Stephanie Parker-Weaver passes See page 4 History-making journalist- educator passionate about City Council Meeting at JSU her return to JSU eCenter draws huge turnout A trail-blazing woman of many firsts By Gail M. Brown Contributing Writer When the news made head- lines that Elayne Hayes-Antho- ny would be returning to Jack- son State University to direct the same department she once chaired more than 20 years ago, many reacted with excite- ment while others wondered why? Hayes-Anthony recently shared “the why” with The Mis- sissippi Link. “I wanted to give Hayes-Anthony back to the institution that gave me so much,” she said. “This at the helm of the department. is where I want my legacy to “Finding a leader of her cali- be.” In addition to that, she ber is an important first step was intrigued by the fact that in the creation of a School of JSU was interested in starting PHOTO BY JAY JOHNSON a School of Mass Communica- By Ayesha K. Mustafaa mond Rd., in west Jackson. JSU President Dr. Carolyn the left side of the council. tion, which had been a goal of Hayes-Anthony Editor Continued on page 3 The huge turnout was a mix- W. Meyers gave welcoming re- JSU students present repre- hers when she was previously The Jackson City Council ture of city officials, JSU offi- marks. The meeting was offici- sented the undergraduate de- held its regular council meet- cials and students, interns at the ated by City Council President partment of political science ing Tuesday, March 24, 2015, city council, military veterans, De’Keither Stamps with the full at Jackson State University’s and residents who attended council present. Mayor Tony City Council Delta native Continued on page 3 inspires Hills eCenter, located at 1230 Ray- from across the city. Yarber filled his usual seat at audience at CSLC Nissan presents $250,000 to be shared by six local Scholarship Historically Black Colleges and Universities Annual Awards Funds to support STEM programs fueling innovation and opportunity Banquet See page 17 Chatman A Women’s History Month salute to “First Woman Constable” of Representatives from Alcorn State University, Coahoma Community College, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Rust Col- Hinds County lege and Tougaloo College, with Nissan, state and national officials, accepting the Nissan donation. The Mississippi Link Newswire Upon a motion from Hinds ically Black Colleges and Uni- executives presented represen- Tougaloo College with resourc- County Board Supervisor Peggy The Mississippi Link Newswire versities (HBCU) to promote tatives from Alcorn State Uni- es to support their programs. Hobson Calhoun and a second by CANTON, Miss. - Nissan STEM initiatives at each school versity, Coahoma Community “These six institutions have Board Supervisor Robert Graham, announced Friday, March 20, to inspire and develop talent. College, Jackson State Univer- with “aye” votes from Supervisors 2015 the donation of $250,000 U.S. Representative Bennie sity, Mississippi Valley State Nissan George Smith, Douglas Anderson, to be shared by six local Histor- Thompson (D-MS) and Nissan University, Rust College and Continued on page 3 and Phil Fisher, it was resolved to “appoint Ms. Pamela Confer as Constable for Hinds County Dis- trict 3” effective August 18, 2008. By law, constables keep and pre- FBI continues serve the peace within the county; advise Justice Court judges or other investigation into officers of all riots, routs, unlawful assemblies, and violations of the Mississippi hanging death penal laws; execute and return all The Associated Press Jason Pack, supervisory processes directed to them by any special agent for the FBI’s county, chancery or circuit court PORT GIBSON, Miss. - Jackson, Mississippi, office, (not just Justice Court); and attend The FBI is consulting with said Monday, March 23, 2015 the justices’ courts of their districts. its behavioral analysis unit as …. A little piece of Women’s and it continues investigating the hanging death of Otis Byrd, a Byrd Hinds County history you should Continued on page 7 know. Confer black man in Mississippi. Byrd Pack Clingman: Caught Activist Flonzie Mississippi State Senate honors Callaway Share this issue with a friend between Barack Brown Wright High School for fourth straight basketball by mailing it to: and a ‘Hard Place’ shares ‘Mississippi championship Page 8 Inside Stories’ Page 12 Page 2 COMMUNITY 2 • the mississippi link mARCh 26 - ApRil 1, 2015 www.mississippilink.com Activist Flonzie Brown Wright shares ‘Mississippi Stories’ The Mississippi Link Newswire For almost 50 years, Civil Rights veteran Flonzie (Goodloe) Brown Wright continues to share stories of Mississippians, enlight- ening audiences throughout the south. Upon return to her home state four years ago, she has been called upon on to lecture to nu- An authentic segregationist sign from a movie theater in Knoxville, Tennessee merous gatherings of college and university students. In addition to sharing her own first-hand experience of her in- Robert Brown University of Minnesota students at Tougaloo with Brown-Wright (seated). volvement in the Civil Rights Movement, she imparts from an ey. So on a hot summer day, he and dressed hogs for $3 a head. of election commissioner in Can- historical perspective on topics walked off the plantation with his Year round, he was a grave digger ton, Mississippi, allowed her to that include the many struggles of children. which netted him $7 per grave. correct many voting injustices. St. Louis University students at Smith Robertson Museum in Jackson Mississippians gaining the right Because he had been taught In 1968, Flonzie Brown Wright to vote and the impact of gospel how to work hard for a living, in became the first African Ameri- and spiritual music on the move- the summer time, he made mo- can female to be elected to a po- ment. lasses that he sold at 35 cents a sition in a bi-racial town, post or However, said Wright, most can. In the wintertime, he killed pre-reconstruction. The position importantly she discusses the role of young people and how students must use their education to create opportunities to help future gen- erations realize the true meaning of freedom. Using the art of story-telling, visuals, as well as singing the freedom songs to bring life to the stories, Wright said one of her fa- vorite narratives is paying tribute to her paternal grandfather, Rob- Texas Christian University students ert Brown, who was the son of a slave. Consequently, the law in Mis- sissippi prohibited him and his generation from attending school. So Brown could not read or write. Then at the age of 16, due to a life threatening illness, he lost his hearing. He married and in this union they were the parents of 13 children, all of whom worked as sharecroppers. What Brown could not under- stand was why at the end of the harvesting season, he still owed the landowner large sums of mon- Lone Star Community College students LOCAL www.mississippilink.com mARCH 26 - ApRil 1, 2015 THE mississippi liNk • 3 City Council Nissan Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 and the graduate department of and in recognition of the 50th of the ordinance were Hope a rich history of continuously public policy and administration Anniversary of the Vietnam War Enterprise Corporation, the advancing their programs to en- and the department of urban and Veterans represented by Post Mississippi Center for Justice hance their student’s educational regional planning. 9832. and allies, Metro Habitat for experience. This contribution They participated in the pub- This came on the heels of the Humanity, Mississippi Housing continues Nissan’s commitment lic comments portion of the city’s March 23 announcement Partnership, Jackson Housing to HBCUs and to diversity, edu- meeting regarding current issues to joined the growing list of Authority and the Center for cation and service in our com- facing the city such as infra- communities across the nation Community Change. munity,” said Jeffrey Webster, structure, water and sewer and working to end veterans’ home- The Housing Trust is the ve- Director of Diversity and Inclu- the recent closing of the South lessness by the end of 2015. hicle that will develop afford- sion. Jackson’s Kroger Grocery store. One of the most significant able housing in Jackson, accord- Resources provided to each Stamps said, “We must pre- ordinances created from this ing to WTJ leaders Rev. Jimmy institution will be used to pro- pare our future leaders of tomor- council meeting was the unani- Edwards and Phil Eide, with mote a range of STEM related row, today by engaging them mous council vote to establish a direct route to applying for programs and departments in- with local government and other the Jackson Housing Trust Fund federal funds reserved for cities cluding applied sciences, en- fields, so they can receive real Advisory Committee. and states that have established gineering, math, computer and world experiences. This col- Forty members of Working Housing Trust Funds. information science and many laborative effort with JSU also Together Jackson (WTJ) at- WTJ representatives said more. Congressman Thompson speaking at podium shows the Council’s commit- tended the council meeting and they would assist the mayor and The donation, according to a ment in building, continuing filled the public comments line council in gaining Gov. Phil Nissan statement, builds on the gave students first-hand experi- the largest manufacturers in our and strengthening relationships with several of its members to Bryant’s cooperation for the success of Nissan Canton’s pre- ence with the kind of technology state, Nissan understands the across our community.” present the case in favor of the Fund.
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