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A Year in Photos by Vickie D. King

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  • There was no Covid testing at the old Farmer’s Market in Jackson, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Gov. Tate Reeves delivers his State of the State Address from the south steps of the State Capitol in Jackson, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba addresses the city’s water issues and an EPA notice of non-compliance filed against the city, during a press conference at City Hall, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Hemp World, located at the Junction Shopping Mall in Jackson, offers a variety of hemp products from lollipops and brownies to slushies and gummie candies, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Jeana Delancey, a counselor at Trent Lott Academy, sits with a student and support animal Zeke, in the quiet room at the Pascagoula school, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Mississippi Today Editor-at-Large Marshall Ramsey, Lt. Delbert Hosemann, Mississippi Editor-in-Chief Adam Ganucheau and Mississippi Today Board member Andy Lack, at the “Mississippi in the know legislative breakfast” held at Basil’s Downtown in Jackson, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Dr. Martia Kidd administers a Pfizer vaccine booster to 13-year-old Madison Cormack at Northwest Middle School. The event was sponsored by Jackson Public Schools in partnership with Northtown Pharmacy and Choices for Children and Family, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Since its closure in 2018 due to structural issues, repairs have begun on the bridge spanning Eubanks Creek on Hawthorn Drive in Jackson, Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • David Koehn, Black Bayou Water Association general manager, shows water from the kitchen faucet at his rural Leland home, Friday, Mar. 25, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Black Bayou water treatment plant operator Jon Baldwin, on the catwalk atop the treatment facility above 15 feet of water in a holding tank, Friday, Mar. 25, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Call center workers employed at Maximus, the largest federal call center contractor in the nation, went on strike today in Hattiesburg, Wednesday, Mar. 23, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Naomi Jimenez, 3, joined her mother Christina Jimenez, who along with other call center workers employed at Maximus, the largest federal call center contractor in the nation, went on strike today in Hattiesburg. “I brought my daughter with me to show her that no matter how big or small, you can make a difference,” said Jimenez, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • “I don’t care who you are – Black, white, brown, man, woman, girl or boy, we all need help sometimes. I love people and I love what I do,” said Joe Anne Harris, Manna House manager in Yazoo City, Friday, Mar. 11, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Mississippi native and renowned author, political commentator, and educator Eddie Glaude, Jr., sat down for an intimate conversation with Mississippi Today staff and friends Thursday afternoon. Glaude was in Jackson as the speaker for the Medgar Wiley Evers Lecture Series held at the Two Mississippi Museums, Thursday, Apr. 28, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • The feud between Jackson City Council members and Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba centers around the validity of the Mayor warding Richard’s Disposal, Inc., a trash pick-up contract for Jackson after the Council voted against Richard’s Disposal. Garbage pick-up by Richard’s was underway in the Bel-Air neighborhood, Monday, Apr. 11, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Artists, patrons of the arts and Mississippi Museum of the Arts staff kick off the exhibit, “A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration,” an homage to the social, economical and cultural impact that resulted from the exodus of millions African Americans from the South to northern states. The exhibit, “A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration,” opened today at the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson, Friday, Apr. 8, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Artist Jamea Richmond-Edwards of Detroit, Mich. (center) and museum visitors, chat about Richmond-Edward’s piece, “This Water Runs Deep,” currently on display as part of the exhibit, “A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration,” at the Mississippi Museum of Art, Friday, Apr. 8, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Los Angeles, Calif. artist Mark Bradford’s piece, “In 500,” depicts a wanted ad calling for Black families to settle on land in New Mexico, as opposed to “Wanted” posters of a more sinister ilk. Bradford’s artwork is part of the exhibit, “A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration,” at the Mississippi Museum of Art, Friday, Apr. 8, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • John Adam Nowlin of Ecru believes chemicals from a nearby fertilizer plant caused the contamination of water on his property that sickened and killed his livestock. Nowlin, near a pond on his land where he has posted a warning sign, Friday, May 20, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • John Adam Nowlin of Ecru, feeds buffalo he moved to another section of his land after chemicals he believes from a nearby fertilizer plant caused contamination of water on his property that sickened and killed his livestock, Friday, May 20, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Sam Ewing, University of Southern Mississippi Adjunct Professor, leads protesters for better wages during a rally at the Hattiesburg university, Thursday, May 5, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • USM President Rodney Bennett greets protesters holding a packet containing the names of supporters calling for a living wage during a rally at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Thursday, May 4, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • E. C. Smith of the Messenger of God Church in Canton, protests near the Jackson Womens Health Organization in Jackson, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Volunteers escort women into the Jackson Womens Health Organization in Jackson, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • A Jackson Womens Health Organization escort places herself between two anti-abortion protesters, informing the public the clinic is open in Jackson, Friday, June 24, 2022. After 50 years, the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • U.S.Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh (6th from left) and U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (second right) with Black farmers in the Delta involved in the Pitts Farm lawsuit, during a meeting at the Mississippi Center for Justice in Indianola, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Mississippi Center for Justice Ty Pinkins (right), is overcome with emotion as Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh listens, as Pinkins describe the unfair treatment of Black farmer, during a panel discussion at the Mississippi Center for Justice in Indianola, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Matt Mitchell, lab technician with Medical Associates, checks out the tomatoes at The Tomato Place in Vicksburg, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • The Tomato Place owner Luke Hughes with a handful of tomatoes, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • In English, the sign reads, “No one should interfere in my private decisions!” Supporters of a woman’s right to choose traveled from across the country for the Abortion Freedom Fighters D-Day Rally held at Smith Park in downtown Jackson, Friday, June 17, 2022.
  • Supporters of a woman’s right to choose joined others from across the country for the Abortion Freedom Fighters D-Day Rally held at Smith Park in downtown Jackson, Friday, June 17, 2022.
  • Chase Smith, 13 of Oxford, traveled with his grandfather to the Abortion Freedom Fighters D-Day Rally held at Smith Park in downtown Jackson, Friday, June 17, 2022.
  • Security surround an anti-abortion supporter holding a large sign that was blocking television live-streams, and ease him out of TV cameras’ line-of-sight, during the Abortion Freedom Fighters D-Day Rally held at Smith Park in downtown Jackson, Friday, June 17, 2022.
  • Nearly one-hundred anti-gun violence protesters attended the March for Our Lives rally held near the state Capitol in Jackson, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Anti-gun violence protesters during the March for Our Lives rally held near the state Capitol in Jackson, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Jacqueline Hamer Flakes, daughter of Civil Rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer (right) and Euvester Simpson, unveil a historical marker honoring Fannie Lou Hamer, Thursday, June 9, 2022. The marker is located at the former jail site where Hamer, Simpson and other voting rights activists were jailed and beaten in Winona. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Lakirah Alexander, a 2022 McLaurin High School graduate, at the business she and her grandmother Valerie Alexander operate just off MS. 49 in Star, Spring 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Owner/operator Christopher Deans III, at his Loaded Lettuce restaurant located in Westland Plaza,Tuesday, July 5,2022. Dean provides a healthier alternative in an area saturated with a sea of fast food choices. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Chef Nick Wallace cooked up culinary samples for shoppers at the Corner Market in Fondren, showcasing “Nick’s 26,” his brand of seasoning, Friday, July 1, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Murrah High School football players take a break from practice to hydrate Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 in Jackson. The team has been impacted by the Jackson water crisis, altering the way they conduct practice and forcing them to change their game schedule. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Hundreds lined up for the free water giveaway at the Grove Park Community Center in Jackson, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The line of cars filled the secondary parking lot and snaked for miles south on Parkway Avenue, east on Walter Dutch Welch Street, with some lined along adjacent Main Street to the south. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • A Jackson wheelchair bound resident showed up in the rain to receive water given away at the Grove Park Community Center, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, joning hundreds of motorists who arrived to receive the free water. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Gotta Go portable restrooms outside the State Capitol, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Malik Shabazz, an attorney with Black Lawyers for Justice in Washington, D.C. (center) and Priscilla Sterling, with the Emmett Till for Justice Foundation, discuss seeking justice against police brutality, and former Lexington Police Chief Sam Dobbins, during a press conference held at the Lexington Police Department, Monday, aug. 29, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Julienne Street, south of downtown Jackson, partially underwater as Pearl River flooding affects the area, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. The Pearl River is expected to crest on Monday. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Longtime friends and customers Clemontine Whitaker (left) and Ada Miller Robinson, model authentic African clothing at the Afrikan Art Gallery in Jackson, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) General Counsel Patrick Black, in an area at MDHS packed with confiscated items from virtual reality (VR) equipment to child car seats, to obsolete computers that were purchased with TANF funds, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Maati Primm, owner of Marshall’s Music and Bookstore on Farish Street in Jackson, shows a photograph of her grandmother Ora Page Marshall (third from left), and classmates in college, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. The business is the oldest Black owned bookstore in the country.
  • Book lovers browsed books, and met with authors and publishers from across the state during the 2022 Mississippi Book Festival held on the grounds of the State Capitol Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022 in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • The nearly complete “Welcome to Brandon” mural, created by artist Graham Carraway, on the west side of The Clearners building, located at 237 W. Government Street, Saturday, August 13, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Brittney Reese, former Olympic gold medalist and now tickled to be the girls track coach at Gulf Port High School, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Jackson State football players enjoy a brief respite after a series of exercises, much to the amusement of Angelia Brown, owner of Pilates of Jackson, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • “I do know who I always thought I was. A man on a mission from God,” said activist and author James Meredith at his Jackson residence, Monday, July 25, 2022. Meredith published his 30th book, “Man on a Mission”, in July 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Soulé Coffee + Bubbletea owner Ezra Brown (center), chats with first time customers in town for a baby shower., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. The business is located in the Fondren District in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, is questioned during a community meeting held to update the public on the current water system situation. The meeting took place at College Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2022, Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Young entrepreneur De’Jonae Curtis, 12, with samples of her goodies at her Dee’s Babycakes bakery in Vicksburg, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Old high-water marks on bridge pylons and sandy beaches are indicative of a low Mississippi River, as a tug boat slowly maneuvers barges north in Vicksburg, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. Near record water levels are affecting shipping and tourism. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Jennifer Fluker, with Dreamz of Dallas, Tx., chats with potential customers during the Lucky Leaf Expo, held at the Jackson Convention Center, Friday, Oct. 7 and Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022.
  • Paloma Wu, Mississippi Center for Justice Deputy Director of Impact Litigation (center), discusses a settlement reached with the city in a class action lawsuit that results in an overhaul of the Jackson Police Department’s “Ticket, Arrest and Tow” (TAT) roadblock crime prevention tactics. Joining Wu at the press conference held Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, in Jackson’s Smith Park are (from left) Mississippi Center for Justice Project Coordinator Blake Feldman, Lea Campbell with the Mississippi Alliance for Public Safety, Cliff Johnson, MacArthur Justice Center Director, and plaintiffs Archie Skiffer and Timothy Halcomb. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Mackenzie Hughes gives his trophy a kiss after winning the 2022 Sanderson Farms Championship, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Mississippi Editor-in-Chief Adam Ganucheau with journalist and author Margaret Sullivan, discuss the current state of journalism, democracy, and Sullivan’s upcoming memoir, at the Old Capitol Museum, Thursday night, Nov. 17, 2022, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
  • Tiffany Murray, a Tier 1 Customer Service Representative (center) joined hundreds of co-workers during a strike at the Maximus call center in Hattiesburg, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022.. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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