February 2025 was a busy and fruitful month. Image from The Natchez Democrat.
#BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

From the New York Times

I had the pleasure of speaking today (2/16/2025) at the Annual Black History Program at Greater St. James Baptist Church in Natchez. My topic was "Black History: Why It Matters." We had a great time. In the photo, Pastor Johnson is on my right, and Deacon Lyles is on my left.

#BlackHistory

So sorry to hear this news.

Norman B. Rohrer, founder and director of the Christian Writers Guild, has passed. He was 95. I'm proud to say I was one of his many students in the early '80s. He was a great teacher and mentor.

His family shared this video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeIL...

Mississippi State University Libraries
@deedeebaldwinms.bsky.social (2.6.2025):
“Yesterday, Dr. Roscoe Barnes ... shared the incredible true story of Abdul Rahman Ibrahima -- an African prince who was enslaved in Natchez and later secured his freedom. Check out Prince Among Slaves by Terry Alford!”

These veterans of the Natchez movement paid a high price for freedom and civil rights, but in the end, their efforts resulted in one of the most successful community victories in Mississippi.

#BlackHistory #CivilRights

Read on my blog at this link:

roscoereporting.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-de...

The dinner is Tuesday, January 28, at the Natchez Grand Hotel.

Reservation and payment deadline is January 14.

This image is from the front page of The Natchez Democrat (Sunday, December 15, 2024)

#WreathsAcrossAmerica

It was an honor to assist the Home for Heroes Foundation with the annual Wreaths Across America campaign.

#WreathsAcrossAmerica

Image from the front page of The Natchez Democrat (12/6/2024)

The Mississippi Freedom Trail markers are administered by Visit Mississippi and Mississippi Humanities Council. The markers commemorate the people and places in the state that played a pivotal role in the American Civil Rights Movement.

Photos from Natchez Historical Society’s meeting with historian Yvonne Lewis Day on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, at Historic Natchez Foundation. Day’s talk was titled, “Who Will Sing My Name? The Loss of the Steamboat Monmouth.” From left: Daye Dearing, Yvonne Lewis Day, Roscoe.

This announcement appeared in the MDAH Weekly Update newsletter (11.18.24).

See article at this link:

www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/civil-...