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..
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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 History Day competition. In addition to the competition,..
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 control of their own learning and documenting their own history...
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 Society announced the 2013 Award of Merit winners at its annual..
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 Mississippi voting rights struggle with veterans who made..
McComb Students Win Multiple Awards at State History Day Competition
In only its second year entering the Mississippi National History Day academic competition, McComb School District students were the proud winners of awards in multiple categories. This is a..
Students Consult With Historians
In addition to reading books by noted historians on the history of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi, students in McComb had the chance to interview the authors of those books in a series of..
Students Join Preparation for Medgar Evers Anniversary Events
Next year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the assasination of Mississippi civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers. A World War II veteran, Evers had traveled the state organizing NAACP chapters..
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 Students Win Multiple Awards at State History Day Competition
In only its second year entering the Mississippi National History Day academic competition, McComb School District students were 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..
Writing for Freedom: A Multidisciplinary Study of Freedom Schools Then and Now
“Education should enable children to possess their own lives instead of living at the mercy of others” “Education should enable..