Reena Evers-Everette

Reena Evers-Everette is the daughter of civil rights activists Medgar Evers and Myrlie Evers-Williams. Born in Mound Bayou, Miss., Evers-Everette studied business merchandising at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology. She is now executive director of the Medgar and

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Joe Kennedy III

Joe Kennedy III has dedicated his career to social and economic justice. A former Congressman, legal aid volunteer, and assistant district attorney, he founded Groundwork Project to address pervasive disparities in the American political system and to help ensure

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Dennis K. Dahmer, Sr.

DENNIS K. DAHMER, SR., grew up in the KELLY SETTLEMENT community, north of  Hattiesburg, MS., along the Forrest and Jones County line. This area was settled by his ancestors in the early 1800’s, before Mississippi was a state, back when it was

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