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Dr. Roderick Little received his first taste of band directing as a 16-year-old student at Lanier High School. Now 36, Little is one of the youngest band directors at Jackson State University, but he is not lacking in experience. (Photo by Charles A. Smith)

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Making the Band: JSU’s Sonic Boom makes history, band director to be honored by city council

February 17, 2020

Jackson State University’s very own marching band, the Sonic Boom of the South, has just made history at Jackson State University. The Boom’s halftime field show performance during the New[...]

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Rankins, higher education commissioner, urges JSU to rally behind, Hudson, acting president

February 14, 2020

Thomas Hudson, J.D., will serve as acting president of Jackson State University until a permanent president is appointed, according to Dr. Alfred Rankins Jr., commissioner of Higher Education. n Thursday,[...]

Thomas Hudson, J.D., holds a political science degree from Jackson State University and a law degree from the University of Mississippi. After being named acting president of JSU on Monday, Hudson said he is humbled by the opportunity. (Photo by Charles A. Smith)

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IHL Board of Trustees names Thomas Hudson as JSU’s acting president

February 10, 2020

The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning named Thomas Hudson as Acting President of Jackson State University at its meeting held earlier today in Jackson, effective immediately.[...]

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State-of-the-art Center for Innovation opens as new ‘makerspace’ for inventors, dreamers

February 4, 2020

About 200 people gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening Thursday of JSU’s Center for Innovation that combines education, research and entrepreneurship in a single location that[...]

Duvalier Malone, author, and Donna Ladd, CEO of the Jackson Free Press, will discuss the life, death and criminal case of Emmett Till and the quest for social justice. (Photos special to JSU)

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Margaret Walker Center to host Emmett Till discussion with author and community activist Duvalier Malone

January 29, 2020

Jackson State University’s Margaret Walker Center is set to host “Will there ever be justice for Emmett Till?” a conversation with Duvalier Malone, author and community activist, and Donna Ladd,[...]

JSU theater professor Yohance Myles describes his role in Fox’s “Shot Fired” as an emotional experience because of intense storyline about police shootings. A real-life father, Myles said his own children are prominently in his mind especially over the issue of violence against American-Americans. (Photo courtesy of Birdie Thompson/Styling by Joseph Adivari)

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‘The Untold Stories of African Americans’ applies a JSU perspective to black history

January 28, 2020

Jackson State University’s Department of Art and Theatre, Department of Music and Student Government Association have partnered together to present “The Untold Stories of African Americans: A JSU Perspective” on[...]

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Global engineering and technology institute selects Tchounwou as Distinguished Fellow

January 28, 2020

Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou, a Presidential Distinguished Professor and associate dean of JSU’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology, is among 22 scholars who have been selected by the International Engineering[...]

Speakers join in the singing of “We Shall Overcome.” (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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MLK keynote is still ‘sad, mad’ about 1970 ‘state-sanctioned murder’ on campus

January 22, 2020

At a ceremony honoring the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., lawyer-activist Constance Slaughter-Harvey said she’s still reeling from the aftermath of a “state-sanctioned murder” on Jackson State College[...]

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Sonic Boom featured in new Dear Silas and Big K.R.I.T. video

January 21, 2020

Mississippi music artists Dear Silas and Big K.R.I.T.’s video “I Got It” features JSU’s very own Sonic Boom of the South. The feel-good video dropped Jan. 21 at 6 p.m.[...]

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Dr. John A. and Mrs. Mary Peoples to be honored at inaugural Women’s Council of Philanthropy luncheon

January 21, 2020

The event will initiate Women’s History Month by honoring JSU’s former president and first lady, Dr. John A. and Mrs. Mary Peoples. The inaugural luncheon will be held on[...]

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