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Dr. Helen Barnes Dr. Barnes is a native of Jackson, MS. She earned her MD degree in 1958 at Howard University in Washington, DC, and completed her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Kings County Hospital, in Brooklyn, NY.She was in private practice in Greenwood, MS, and later in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Barnes worked as a [...]
By Alice Thomas-Tisdale Jackson Advocate Publisher JANS — Women have always been a part of the NAACP, despite the fact they had to fight their way in. It was 1905 and the Niagara Movement had just begun to lay its plan for women suffrage, civil liberty, equal economic opportunities, decent housing and neighborhoods, equal access [...]
By Artaymis Ma’at I WAS BORN: Gladys Scott was born March 8, 1975 to Evelyn Jeannette and James Roscoe in Chicago, Illinois. “I just had a birthday! I had a great birthday! Jamie and I went out and took some pictures. We went to a studio and took some pictures. We had some balloons on [...]
By Stephanie Parker-Weaver Jackson Advocate Contributing Writer This lady of distinction’s voice is known throughout the City of Jackson as the person who reads council resolutions and orders with nearly perfect pronunciation.Charity A. Wright, born and reared in Jackson, Mississippi, is very actively working at Jackson City Hall as Deputy City Clerk to Ward 4 [...]
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