The Ally

The Charles L. Young Sr. Foundation was started by the late State Representative Charles L. Young, Sr. in 2001 in his hometown, Meridian, MS.  He was the eldest son and second of three children of E. F. Young Jr. (July 1898-May 1950) and Velma Beal (November 1902–February 1987), both of whom were African American entrepreneurs […]

Provided by the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation   Projects and Programs at the Jackson State University Margaret Walker Center   University of Mississippi’s All In. All Year. events through the Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement   WLBT’s Remembering Freedom Summer of 1964 and Its Impact on Mississippi   Mississippi Center for Investigative […]

Greetings friends, As we hunker down during a winter storm that is impacting us all, we find ourselves continuing to be wrapped in a global pandemic as well as political, economic, and social unrest.  I have been thinking quite a bit about how all this impacts us as a community of people and organizations focused […]