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Karmichael Spiller

by Katie Eubanks
June 10, 2009

“Sometimes things (will) be going through my mind in my sleep,” 46-year-old Jackson native Karmichael Spiller says. “It’s like I’m always awake.” Such a non-stop stream of creativity would seem necessary for an inventor, especially one like Spiller, whose inventions…
 
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Charles ‘Smartypants’ King, Jr.

by Maggie Neff
June 3, 2009

“What’s the only animal that will eat a skunk?”

 
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John Kelly

by Lynda Hasberry
May 27, 2009

While walking the streets of downtown Jackson one day, 27-year-old John Kelly had a simple revelation. Despite differences in race or religion, “we’re all equal and just need to walk in the goodness of God,” he says, adding that it’s…
 
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George Frank

by Jessica Simien
May 20, 2009

At 78, age has not stopped George Frank from learning new things. Last week, he became the oldest student to graduate from Jackson State University’s Department of Mathematics.

 
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Jamie Holcomb

by Janine Jankovitz
May 13, 2009

Originally from Birmingham, Ala., Jamie Holcomb came to Jackson in 2001 to study at Millsaps College.
 
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Patricia Clincy Harris

by Jessica L. Simien
May 6, 2009

Born and raised in Jackson, Patricia Clincy Harris is the mother of one, although she considers all children hers.

 
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Patrick Edmond

by Jackson R. Breland
April 29, 2009

In a bustling Jim Hill High School hallway, students are yelping and shouting to one another joyfully, but one student remains unfazed by the exuberance.

 
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Edward Hightower

by Janine Jankovitz
April 22, 2009

Raised in Drew, Miss., the Rev. Edward Hightower is one of 10 children. He speaks often of the Delta and her people, especially the troubles his community faced in the 1960s. “I came up in segregated Mississippi, only eight miles…
 
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Robert Day

by Jackson R. Breland
April 15, 2009

After shuffling the deck of Bicycle playing cards multiple times, magician Robert Day was prepared to choose my card. Judging by the complexity of this “illusion,” I was sure he would fail.


 
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Amy Steadman

by Janine Jankovitz
April 8, 2009

When I asked Amy Steadman who dead or alive she would invite to a dinner party, it was apparent that she had thought of this before. She chose her favorite writers, among them Evelyn Waugh, George Saunders, David Foster Wallace…
 
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