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Delayed, Not Denied: 51 Years Later, Jackson State’s Class of 1970 Receives a Golden Diploma, But Bloody Past Remembered

Delayed, Not Denied: 51 Years Later, Jackson State’s Class of 1970 Receives a Golden Diploma, But Bloody Past Remembered

The following article by was sent to Watch The Yard by Jackson State University’s University Communications Department. (JACKSON, Miss.) — The Jackson State College Class of 1970 finally got to walk across the stage Saturday after campus shootings prevented a graduation back then, and the COVID-19 pandemic nixed the 50th celebration last year. More than a half-century […]