This is Not a Free Country
Asia Mangum used to use the phrase “This is a Free Country,” to win arguments. The 16-year-old African American girl fears not only for her future, but the future of her country, immigrants and people of color if the republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, were to become president. Photo by Zaccheus White by Asia Mangum [gdlr_frame […]
Meeting in the Back of the Bus
by Eli Bettiga [gdlr_frame type=”border” align=”left” caption=”Photo by Zaccheus White”][gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/VOICES_mug_eli-300×200.jpg” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/VOICES_mug_eli.jpg” alt=””][/gdlr_frame] I could see them sitting in the seats before me; however, the rumbling of the bus kept me from hearing any of Donna Ladd and Mayor Tony Yarber’s important discussion as we rode through neighborhoods in west and south Jackson. As […]
Worth Every Second: Taking the Flag Battle to Washington, D.C.
The Confederate flag is situated in the top left corner of the Mississippi State flag. It soars above the State Capitol building and thousands of other buildings and homes across Mississippi. Maisie Brown, a 14-year-old Jim Hill student, took her plea to Washington, D.C. asking Mississippians to reevaluate what embracing the symbol means and her […]
‘I’m Not Ugly’: How I Survived Bullying
“You’re so ugly no one will ever like you.” Z’eani Furdge, a 16-year-old homeschooled junior, had enough. We’ve all heard the expression, ‘sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me,’ but truth is words hurt. Photo by Zaccheus White by Z’eani Furdge [gdlr_frame type=”border” align=”left” caption=”Photo by Zaccheus White”][gdlr_image_link type=”image” […]
