CONTACT: Division of Media Relations Alcorn State University (601) 877-6131 or (601) 443-3658 news@alcorn.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Memorial service honors legacy of Alcorn alum Alcorn State, Miss. (January 22, 2013) –Fifty years after the assassination of Medgar Wiley Evers ’52, Alcorn President M. Christopher Brown II, university officials, students, and alumni […]
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Alcorn Pilgrimage 2013 honors Hiram Rhodes Revels
CONTACT: Division of Media Relations Alcorn State University (601) 877-6131 or (601) 443-3658 news@alcorn.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, January 17, 2013 Alcorn State, Miss. (January 17, 2013) – “What an amazing, uplifting experience,” says sophomore Jonathan Hood, of Vicksburg. “While I am certain a good time was had by all, the pilgrimage was really educational […]
Marian Wright Edelman to keynote the 2013 Heritage Convocation at Alcorn
CONTACT: Division of Media Relations Alcorn State University (601) 877-6131 or (601) 443-3658 news@alcorn.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, January 11, 2013 Alcorn State, Miss. (January 11, 2013) – The founder and CEO of the Children’s Defense Fund Marian Wright Edelman will bring to remembrance the great legacy of Alcorn State University as she delivers the […]
Alcorn’s Myrlie Evers to speak at Obama inauguration
CONTACT: Division of Media Relations Alcorn State University (601) 877-6131 or (601) 443-3658 news@alcorn.edumailto:news@alcorn.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 Alcorn State, Miss. (January 8, 2013) –Alcorn’s Myrlie Evers has accepted President Barack Obama’s invitation to deliver the invocation at his public inauguration on January 21. Evers, a champion for civil rights and the […]
Honoring the Legacy of Medgar Wiley Evers ’52: Help Alcorn Build A Statue
By Alcorn State News Alcorn State University invites you to join us in honoring the courage, leadership, and dedication of a fellow Mississippian and Alcorn State graduate: Medgar Wiley Evers. It was at Alcorn State University where Evers first became involved in civil rights activism. In his memory, ASU has established The Medgar Wiley Evers […]
Lady Braves greet little tykes
Dec. 20, 2012 By Justin Whitmore NATCHEZ —- It was Zacaylin Taylor’s sixth birthday Wednesday and along with the $4\6 pinned to her shirt came a surprise from the Alcorn State women’s basketball team. The Lady Braves visited the Natchez Children’s Home Wednesday with plans to read to the children and sing Christmas carols, but […]