Kenya MomPremier is the owner of Green Bean Café, the first Black-owned coffee shop in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. Green Bean offers pour-over coffee, cold-pressed juices, tea and pastries. MomPremier also introduced a way to assist local business owners through a program called Incubator. This program allows small business owners to be a part of GreenREAD MORE
By LaToya Hentz-Moore Meet celebrity hairstylist Jared Henderson, affectionately known as JStayReady. He discovered his passion for styling hair as a student at Jackson State. “Here I was at Jackson State, Thee I Love, with all my beautiful black queens and they had nobody to do their hair, so I stepped in. I literally didREAD MORE
By L.A. Warren Television-film actor and Jackson State University alum Aspen Wilson has had a steady stream of roles since graduating from the HBCU in 2017, and other major opportunities just keep coming his way. He has appeared in a recurring role in Tyler Perry’s “Ruthless,” playing a character named Bell. The show itself isREAD MORE
LaMonte Pierce Discuss a problem. Or solve one. LaMonte Pierce patented a revolutionary drinking straw at JSU. Judge Carlton W. Reeves United States District Judge Carlton W. Reeves, a native of Yazoo City, Mississippi, assumed office on Dec. 30, 2010. Reeves was nominated by President Barack Obama. Rita Brent Jackson State University alumna Rita BrentREAD MORE
By L.A. WARREN “Why did you shoot them?” asked Gregory Antoine, a student at Jackson State College in 1970 who witnessed, immediately approached and questioned local and state police after they unleashed a hail of gunfire that killed two unarmed students and injured a dozen others. Dr. Antoine, a 1972 graduate of Jackson State andREAD MORE
Bonnita "BeBe" Jones is a style maven, blogger and entrepreneur. She is also the CEO of Row A Seat 1. (photo by Charles Smith/JSU) By LATOYA HENTZ-MOORE For BeBe Jones, fashion fulfills her purpose Fashion blogger, style maven and entrepreneur Bonnita "BeBe" Jones has spent the last two decades fulfilling her purpose. As a youngREAD MORE
