Marion Barry Shares Memories with High School Students
“I was born in the Delta of Mississippi in a town called Itta Bena, about 15 miles from Greenwood. About 35 miles from Greenville. About..
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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..
C.C. Bryant Honored on Mississippi Freedom Trail
On January 20, 2014, McComb Legacies students were among the 100 attendees at the unveiling of a Mississippi Freedom Trail marker honoring..
Congratulations to Falana McDaniel and the Samuel Proctor Program
We extend a big congratulations to McComb Legacies teacher (2012-2013) Falana McDaniel and to McComb Legacies partner the Samuel Proctor..
McComb Students Learn and Teach in Washington, DC
Fourteen high school students and five staff members from McComb, Mississippi arrived in Washington, DC on June 8, 2013 for the National..
Student Produced Documentary: The Voting Rights Struggle — SNCC Meets McComb, Miss.
Students in McComb. Miss. researched and produced a mini-documentary about the history of the struggle for voting rights in their town...
McComb Students “Lay a Foundation of Freedom and Justice” Says Ron Walker
In the forty-five years since he visited Mississippi as a Lincoln University student, Ron Walker was pleased to find students taking..
McComb School District Receives Mississippi Historical Society 2013 Award of Merit
We are pleased to share the news of this award for McComb Legacies from the Mississippi Historical Society. The Mississippi Historical..
Historic Student-Led Convening on Voting Rights in McComb
With the Voting Rights Act in the national news, students in the McComb School District held a groundbreaking student conference on the..
McComb School District Makes History with History Day Event
The McComb School District began 2013 by fulfilling a key new year’s resolution — to hold a local History Day event. Last year..