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Our Women's Empowerment Summit will take place on June 3, 2022!

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Remembering Mound Bayou: Mississippi’s Black Wall Street

April 23, 2022Diversity, Education, Uncategorized

Have you heard of “America’s Black Wall Street?”  “Black Wall Street” refers to the once-prosperous and thriving Greenwood community located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This freedom colony was home to almost 10,000 residents and more than 70Read More…

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Bob Moses: Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement

April 23, 2022Diversity, Education

Moses was born in 1935 in Harlem, New York, into a family he said had “come down in the world”. His paternal grandfather was an eminent Baptist minister, an uncle was a professor and a cousin hadRead More…

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Fernandes Leads Toyota in Collaborating with Community

February 15, 2022Business, Diversity

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi, Inc. President David Fernandes has been around the world and back before settling in at the Blue Springs plant where Corollas are built. But he told his team he is proud toRead More…

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National NAACP President and CEO Headlines Freedom Fund Banquet

December 13, 2021Business, Diversity

By Wesley Wells NAACP National President and CEO Derrick Johnson will be the keynote speaker this year at the annual Lee County/Tupelo NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet. The event will take place on Saturday, December 18, 2021Read More…

Why We Need Black Media

StickyDecember 13, 2021Business, Diversity, Lifestyleourmisswpadm

By Wesley Wells I remember the day back in the summer of 2014 when I heard the news that Jet Magazine would no longer be publishing. I remember the confusion that I had and asked, howRead More…

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Jabari Edwards named 2021-2022 Our Mississippi Businessman of the Year

StickyAugust 11, 2021Business, Diversity, Newsourmisswpadm

Our Mississippi Honors Chair Wesley Wells has announced that Columbus, Mississippi businessman Jabari Edwards has been named its Businessman of the Year. “We are honored to select Mr. Edwards as our Businessman of the Year,” WellsRead More…

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Women Lead Differently . . . And It Matters

StickyDecember 4, 2019Business, Diversityourmisswpadm

By Linda G. Wiley, PhD, CDE, CRS What happens when a woman leads a business? . . . Everything! In the United States, women now earn more college and graduate degrees than men. They make upRead More…

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25Apr/22

Guest speakers and panelists named for 2022 Our Mississippi Women’s Empowerment Summit

April 25, 2022Business, Diversity, Newsourmisswpadm

Guest speakers and panelists named for 2022  Our Mississippi Women’s Empowerment Summit Tupelo, Mississippi – Our Mississippi Magazine publisher Wesley Wells has announced the speakers for the 2022 Our Mississippi Women’s Empowerment Summit. The summit isRead More…

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02Mar/22

Actor, Activist Lamman Rucker Named Guest Speaker for Our Mississippi Honors Gala

March 2, 2022Newsourmisswpadm

Well-known actor and activist Lamman Rucker has been named as the guest speaker for the 2022 Our Mississippi Honors Gala event chair and Our Mississippi magazine publisher Wesley Wells announced today. “We are so excited toRead More…

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