Today, we’re talking about Mississippi’s search for more road money. Year after year, lawmakers go through the legislative session without passing a comprehensive plan to improve the state’s infrastructure. And yet, finding a source for that funding has proven to be a challenge. In fact, it’s one of the few bipartisan issues that most lawmakers agree upon. Most lawmakers agree the state must spend more to repair its aging system of roads and bridges. We talk to two of those students – T’Keyah Jones and Alexis Rhoden – about the stories they heard and about how the project broadened their perspective on King’s legacy. On today’s episode of The Memo podcast, we’re talking about the resulting MLK memories project and the experiences of the students who reported on it. Their interview subjects shared their memories from April 4, 1968, and their thoughts about how King’s life and death have changed America. Through a partnership with the Daily Journal, the students reporting for Oxford Stories connected with more than 30 Mississippians, including some who met and worked with King. Those were also themes of a large-scale reporting project completed by Jones and her classmates in LaReeca Rucker’s journalism class at the University of Mississippi. The anniversary provided an opportunity for remembrance of that tumultuous time in our nation’s history and for reflection on how far we’ve come in the 50 years since then. Just click “Edit Text” or double click me to add your own content and.Įarlier this month, events were held across the nation to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Civil Rights icon, the Rev.
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