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    Dedicated Research and Planning in the Fall

    Dedicated Research and Planning in the Fall

    The students in McComb Legacies have been meeting once a week this fall to research and document not only local but national history. After..

    December 22, 2014

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    McComb Legacies “Planning for the Future”

    McComb Legacies “Planning for the Future”

    On Tuesday, August 12, 2014, 10 McComb Legacies students met. They came up with ideas to kick the year off, including a history float in..

    August 12, 2014

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    McComb Legacies Summer Institute 2014

    McComb Legacies Summer Institute 2014

    The student historians of the McComb Legacies Project in Mississippi kicked off their 2014-2015 school year program with the fourth annual..

    July 28, 2014

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    McComb Students Teach and Learn in Washington, D.C.: 2014

    McComb Students Teach and Learn in Washington, D.C.: 2014

    On June 12, 2014, eleven students from McComb High School traveled to Washington, D.C. from Mississippi. In addition to competing in the..

    June 14, 2014

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    Education: A Civil Right and a Personal Responsibility

    Education: A Civil Right and a Personal Responsibility

    “Education: A Civil Right and a Personal Responsibility” is a 2014 documentary produced by McComb Legacies students on the 50th..

    June 12, 2014

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    Winning Entries at Mississippi History Day

    Winning Entries at Mississippi History Day

    McComb students excelled at the Mississippi History Day competition today in Hattiesburg. Four entries won 1st or 2nd prize, including two..

    February 22, 2014

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    McComb Student is Featured Speaker on National Freedom Summer Panel

    McComb Student is Featured Speaker on National Freedom Summer Panel

    McComb high school student Noah Martin was selected to participate on panel for the national summit for youth about Freedom Summer, hosted..

    February 5, 2014

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    McCombLegacies.org is a collaborative effort of the McComb School District and community members of the Local History Advisory Committee who are committed to the research, documentation, and sharing of McComb’s history.

    The website and this news blog are supported in part by a grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation to Teaching for Change called “A Community of Promise: Building Strong Schools and Neighborhoods Through History, Activism, and Collaboration.”