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TUPELO • Fifty-eight years later, the March on Washington and the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech continues to shape a vision for a
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In this screengrab, moderator and Winter Institute Youth
Engagement Manager Von Gordon, FWD.us Mississippi Director Alesha
Judkins, Southern Poverty Law Center Staff Attorney Leslie Faith
Jones and MacArthur Justice Center Director Cliff Johnson host a
panel during systemic racism s impact on the criminal justice
system on May 16 as part of the Committee for King s systemic
racism online panel discussion. The discussion is the final panel
of a monthly five-part series that began in January and wrapped up
this week.
TUPELO • After 35 years, the Committee for King (CFK) found an additional way to carry on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy beyond his birthday weekend.
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In this screengrab, moderator and Winter Institute Youth Engagement Manager Von Gordon, FWD.us Mississippi Director Alesha Judkins, Southern Poverty Law Center Staff Attorney Leslie Faith Jones and MacArthur Justice Center Director Cliff Johnson host a panel during systemic racism s impact on the criminal justice system on May 16 as part of the Committee for King s systemic racism online panel discussion. The discussion is the final panel of a monthly five-part series that began in January and wrapped up this week.
⢠For 45 years, Billy Clifton has used his gift as an artist to portray Black life.
It started in 1976. Years prior, Clifton discerned he had a gift from God, but he kept running from it, he said. Once he realized he didnât have a purpose for being here, he took inventory of his own life.
âI had a conversation with God one night, and (said) that I wanted to spend the rest of my life on this planet painting my people in a positive light,â Clifton said. âWe had a lot of misleading information concerning Black people and the contributions that they have made, whether they credit for it or donât get credit for it.â