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McComb School District Makes History with History Day Event
The McComb School District began 2013 by fulfilling a key new year’s resolution — to hold a local History Day event. Last year students from McComb entered the state History Day competition for the...
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McComb Students Win Multiple Awards at State History Day Competition
In only its second year entering the Mississippi National History Day academic competition, McComb School District students were the proud winners of awards in multiple categories. This is a wonderful...
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McComb Students Learn and Teach in Washington, DC
Zaccheus McEwen, Dominque Taylor, Raykesha Carter, and Shaderrica Morris present film to SNCC veteran Courtland Cox. Photo by Victor Holt. Fourteen high school students and five staff members from...
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Summer Institute 2013: Education and Freedom Schools
“I learned that history never ends.” —Raykesha Carter “I never knew that so many places I pass by every day are historical.” —Jaden Martin Twenty two students spent a week (July 22-26) learning about...
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Winning Entries at Mississippi History Day
McComb students excelled at the Mississippi History Day competition today in Hattiesburg. Four entries won 1st or 2nd prize, including two films, one performance, and one student paper. The students...
View ArticleEducation: A Civil Right and a Personal Responsibility
“Education: A Civil Right and a Personal Responsibility” is a 2014 documentary produced by McComb Legacies students on the 50th anniversary of Freedom Schools. The documentary—produced by Raykesha...
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McComb Legacies Summer Institute 2014
The student historians of the McComb Legacies Project in Mississippi kicked off their 2014-2015 school year program with the fourth annual summer institute. The institute lays the groundwork for a full...
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McComb Legacies “Planning for the Future”
On Tuesday, August 12, 2014, 10 McComb Legacies students met. They came up with ideas to kick the year off, including a history float in the Homecoming Parade, presentations at the McComb Train...
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Marion Barry Shares Memories with High School Students
Marion Barry, 2011. “I was born in the Delta of Mississippi in a town called Itta Bena, about 15 miles from Greenwood. About 35 miles from Greenville. About 10 or 15 miles from Indianola, where B.B....
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Dedicated Research and Planning in the Fall
The students in McComb Legacies have been meeting once a week this fall to research and document not only local but national history. After extensive research using various sources such as the...
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