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Putting Black History Back in the Record

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I first saw the photo at a street fair in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in October 2011. I was at the Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival, an annual celebration of Hattiesburg’s Black downtown. That afternoon, Mobile Street filled with thousands of people spending their Saturday in the sun, drinking sweet tea and eating soul food with their friends and neighbors. I was new in town, and I was excited to join them.
Sitting in the window of an abandoned shop was a black-and-white picture of 12 Black men. They appear in two rows, five seated and seven standing. Each man is wearing a suit and politely holding his hat off to the side. There are at least two generations present, as evidenced by their hairlines and facial features. Their faces carry mixed expressions. Most of them look serious, but some are smiling. One man even appears to be smirking, like he knows a secret. In their regal suits and poses, their faces are frozen in time. As the crowd meandered b ....

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The Future of Black History

The Game Is Changing for Historians of Black America
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I first saw the photo at a street fair in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in October 2011. I was at the Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival, an annual celebration of Hattiesburg’s Black downtown. That afternoon, Mobile Street filled with thousands of people spending their Saturday in the sun, drinking sweet tea and eating soul food with their friends and neighbors. I was new in town, and I was excited to join them.
Sitting in the window of an abandoned shop was a black-and-white picture of 12 Black men. They appear in two rows, five seated and seven standing. Each man is wearing a suit and politely holding his hat off to the side. There are at least two generations present, as evidenced by their hairlines and facial features. Their faces carry mixed expressions. Most of them look serious, but some are smiling. One man even appears to be smirking, li ....

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The Future of Black History

The Future of Black History
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Meet the candidates facing off in Hattiesburg's Ward 2 primary

Meet the candidates facing off in Hattiesburgâs Ward 2 primary
Meet the candidates facing off in Hattiesburgâs Ward 2 primary
By Melissa Rademaker | March 12, 2021 at 4:34 PM CST - Updated March 12 at 5:33 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - There are three candidates running for the Democratic nomination in Ward 2 in the upcoming municipal primary elections.
With no Republican or independent challengers qualifying for Ward 2, the winner of the Democratic primary will go unchallenged in the general election.
Cedric Dallas is a graduate of Eureka Elementary School and a sixth-generation resident of the brickyard neighborhood in Ward 2. He says his experience in corporate America and the responsibility of managing a multi-million dollar budget will help his vision. ....

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