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“Students killed by police after 1970 JSU protest remembered: ‘A senseless loss of two young lives'”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Shaunicy Muhammad, Mississippi Free Press<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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“After a wave of HBCU bomb threats, a look at another era of violence at Jackson State”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Brittany Brown, Mississippi Public Broadcasting<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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“Amid apology and regret for police murders of Gibbs and Green, JSU Class of \u201970 finally marches”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Aliyah Veal, Mississippi Free Press<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

May 25, 2021<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“Amid apology and regret for police murders of Gibbs and Green, JSU Class of \u201970 finally marches”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Ivory Phillips, Jackson Advocate<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

May 20, 2021<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“Jackson State holds special commencement for Class of 1970 after original ceremony was canceled over police shooting”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Paul Meara, BET<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

May 18, 2021<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“A police shooting delayed this Black college\u2019s graduation in 1970. Now, those students finally got their ceremony \u2013 and an apology”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Leah Asmelash, CNN<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

May 17, 2021<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“Officials apologize for deadly police shooting at a Black college in 1970”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Neil Vidgor, The New York Times<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

May 17, 2021<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“‘Sins of our past’: Leaders apologize for 1970 Jackson State shootings”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Associated Press, NBC News<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

May 15, 2021<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“‘I saw all the carnage’: Witnesses, family recall Gibbs-Green deaths, legacy in virtual town hall”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Aliyah Veal, Mississippi Free Press<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

May 14, 2020<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“50 years ago, police fired on students at a historically Black college”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Robert Luckett, The New York Times<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

May 14, 2020<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“‘All hell broke loose’: Memories still vivid of Jackson State shooting 50 years ago”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Rachel James-Terry and L.A. Warren, Clarion Ledger<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

May 15, 2020<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“The Jackson State shootings are often overlooked. But Rich Caster still remembers.”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Kevin B. Blackistone, The Washington Post<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

May 14, 2020<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“50 Years After the Jackson State Killings, America’s Crisis of Racial Injustice Continues\u2014and Shows the Danger of Forgetting”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Nancy K. Bristow, TIME<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

May 14, 2020<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“‘I could hear the bullets whizzing past my face’: Survivors remember the shootings at Jackson State”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Ashley Norwood, Mississippi Public Broadcasting<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

May 15, 2020<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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“Remembering the Jackson State Tragedy”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Nancy K. Bristow, The Nation<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

May 4, 2020<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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