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Culture  |  Frank Corder  • 
November 28, 2022

James Meredith talks about his formative years in Bigger Pie Forum podcast

Learn more about the Mississippi civil rights icon. Bigger Pie Forum’s Ashby Foote and Charles Grayson recently sat down with Mississippi’s own James Meredith to hear about his fascinating life story. Most know Meredith from when he became the first black student admitted to the University of Mississippi in 1962 but little has been said…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
November 28, 2022

Dr. Robert Taylor discusses goals, priorities as new Mississippi State Superintendent

Taylor will lead the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) starting in late January 2023. Last week, Dr. Robert Taylor, a 30-year veteran educator and deputy state superintendent for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, was named Mississippi’s new state superintendent of education by the State Board of Education. Taylor is a native Mississippian and a…