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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McComb Legacies Featured on SNCC Documentary Website
The McComb Legacies website is featured as a digital primary resource on the new One Person, One Vote: The Legacy of SNCC and the Fight for..
Timothy L. Jenkins Talks to Young People
Students from McComb, Mississippi shared their National History Day Projects at a reception at the African American Civil War Museum on..
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..
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..
Tinker Tour Makes Historic Stop in McComb
Mary Beth Tinker of the famous Tinker v. DesMoines Supreme Court case visited McComb during her Tinker Tour. Close to 50 years ago at age..
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..
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..