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For historic Mississippi church, a day of Thanksgiving

This is Money Road, a pocked ribbon of asphalt that traverses some of the most storied land in the South, a sparsely populated route that hugs the dark Tallahatchie River closely and holds its secrets even closer. You won’t find a gas station here, and if you want a Coca-Cola, you’d best turn around. But thousands of tourists come here annually, seeking one of two places — Little Zion Missionary Baptist Church, where bluesman Robert Johnson is buried, or Bryant’s Grocery, where 14-year-old Emmett Till supposedly whistled at a white woman and was found in the river four days later with a 75-pound cotton gin fan tied around his neck. It was 1955, and change had not yet come.

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Carmen Sisson November 24, 2020 August 19, 2021Recent Bylines African-American, Christian Science Monitor, Greenwood, Mississippi, religion 0

Senate runoff brings Mississippi’s painful past to the fore

To James Miles, the abandoned bridge about a mile from his home is little more than a directional landmark. Most of the time, anyway. As Mississippi prepares for a Senate runoff on Tuesday, the structure known as the Hanging Bridge – where six African-Americans, including two pregnant women, were brutally lynched in 1918 and 1942 – has been heavy on his mind.

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Carmen Sisson November 26, 2018 May 19, 2019Recent Bylines Christian Science Monitor, lynching, Meridian, Mississippi, politics, Shubuta 0

V McGee drivers choose Mack

When V McGee decided to upgrade its fleet, they knew they wanted equipment that could handle the rigors of the job while still being agreeable to the drivers. Operations manager and truck foreman Kevin Mays obtained five trucks from different manufacturers — and allowed drivers to demo them for a few weeks. “It didn’t take long for us to realize that what the drivers wanted was to operate Mack Granites.”

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Carmen Sisson January 20, 2016 January 6, 2018Content Marketing, Recent Bylines content marketing, Mack Trucks, Memphis, Mississippi, Randall-Reilly, Southaven, Tennessee, truckers, trucking industry, V McGee 0

From blue lines to baked goods, people support police

Armed with little more than blue spray paint, reflective tape, and goodwill, the grassroots Safe Harbor Initiative, which started in Texas, is one of dozens of ways private citizens are showing public support for local law enforcement in an effort to counter negative sentiment.

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Carmen Sisson September 29, 2015 October 11, 2015Recent Bylines Christian Science Monitor, Columbia, Mississippi, police, Safe Harbor Initiative 0

Mississippi Gulf Coast: 10 yrs after Katrina

Mary and Thomas Robinson

New condominiums are flanked by vacant lots festooned with faded “For Sale” signs. On some properties, a chimney or staircase tells the story of what was once there, while others hold no clues beyond the concrete slab Katrina left behind. And even these are beginning to disappear as the earth reclaims itself, burying the past beneath impenetrable layers of mud and tangled weeds.

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Carmen Sisson August 29, 2015 October 14, 2018Recent Bylines Bay Saint Louis, Biloxi, Christian Science Monitor, Gulf Coast, hurricane, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Mississippi, Pass Christian 0

Big M is for Massengill, Mississippi, Mack

At Big M Transportation, everyone from the leadership team to the drivers is smiling lately. The family-owned business is growing rapidly, and they appear to be on track for another profitable year thanks to key investments in new equipment and top-notch personnel.

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Carmen Sisson August 5, 2015 January 6, 2018Content Marketing, Recent Bylines content marketing, Mississippi, Randall-Reilly, truckers, trucking industry 0
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