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The image shows a woman in a black dress, wearing a gold medal engraved with an icon of a book. She smiles brightly, looking slightly to the left of the camera. The woman is Jesmyn Ward, having just received the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction.

Precision tools displayed in glass topped box

“Power Box Graffiti” adorns a utility box, featuring a whimsical cartoon ghost that appears to float above an indecipherable word. The entire composition is crafted with a vibrant white marker, contrasting sharply against the dull metallic surface of…

AI-generated image of a blue flamingo with a postman-like hat standing in front of a house.

Poster: It briefly describes the purpose of a hearing that will take place. The purpose of this hearing is the violence that has occurred in Mississippi due to Freedom Summer black voter registration.

Portrait of John Roy Lynch by Betsy Creekmore, commissioned by an anonymous donor and featured in the House chamber of Mississippi's Old Capitol museum.

A portrait of Allison, a pale girl with blue eyes, blonde-and-blue streaked, curly hair, and a frilly dress.

Image taken during Polish Mothers on Tree Stumps, a performance founded by artist Cecilia Malik

River polluted in vibrant streams

The poem was written on butcher paper about a row of shacks in Sylvester, Georgia, that the speaker considers similar to shacks in New York City, New York, and the oppression of African Americans across the nation. The poet wrote mostly in black…