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⢠A proposal by Alcorn State University â the oldest historically Black land-grant university in the nation â to place an agricultural extension agent in Lee County earned the support of only a single member of the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.
Following initial discussion of the idea in December, District 4 Supervisor Tommie Lee Ivy motioned Tuesday morning to approve the Alcorn extension agent on a one-year trial basis.
Ivy is the only Black supervisor, and his motion failed to gain a second from any of his four white colleagues, drawing a reaction of frustration from a group of Black farmers and Alcorn alumni that appeared before supervisors Tuesday.