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Andrew Young Lectures Graduates of Mississippi's Piney Wood School
Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger ^
| 05-26-03
| Goodman, Julie
Posted on 05/26/2003 8:10:27 AM PDT by Theodore R.
Edited on 05/07/2004 7:27:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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PINEY WOODS
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: commencement; graduates; ms; pineywoods; young
The article does not explain just what the Piney Woods School is. It appears to be a boarding school of high-school age students. Is it all-black? Also what is Piney Woods? Is this a town near Jackson? The writer seems to assume, mistakenly in my case, that the reader understands the nature of Piney Woods.
To: Theodore R.
Young advised the 47 graduates not to marry too young, telling the young men to stick to one woman when they do. I wonder what Martin would have said if Andy had told him this?
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posted on
05/26/2003 8:34:02 AM PDT
by
07055
To: Theodore R.
The headline should read "Piney Woods," not Piney Wood. I typed it too quickly.
To: Theodore R.
I'm from Jackson, MS originally - so here, man. Piney Woods is about 30 miles south/southeast of Jackson on U.S. 49, on the way to Hattiesburg (where the University of Southern Miss is - Brett Favre's alma mater).
http://www.pineywoods.org/ The students have to work the school's farm to help defray the cost of their education. It's actually called The Piney Woods Country Life School.
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posted on
05/26/2003 9:17:01 AM PDT
by
Yudan
To: WKB
Piney Woods ping!
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posted on
05/26/2003 9:18:18 AM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(Never have so many, been so wrong, about so much.)
To: dixiechick2000
Thanks
Piney Woods is Ms's best kept secret.
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posted on
05/26/2003 9:32:18 AM PDT
by
WKB
(If all you're gonna do is ride in the wagon, at least pickup your feet!)
To: Yudan
The article did not explain what the Piney Woods School actually is though; having read her article, I needed to do research in that I am not too familiar with the intricacies of MS's schools and small towns.
To: Yudan
... (where the University of Southern Miss is - Brett Favre's alma mater)...This MUST be hallowed ground, then.
GO PACK, GO!
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posted on
05/26/2003 10:13:24 AM PDT
by
PackerBoy
To: PackerBoy
Roger THAT.
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posted on
05/26/2003 11:44:15 AM PDT
by
Yudan
To: Theodore R.
Fanie Lou Hamer BUMP!
( Today's world could use a lot more Fanie Lou Hamer and a lot less Jesse Jackson! )
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posted on
05/26/2003 4:46:09 PM PDT
by
bourbon
To: Yudan
I'm from Jackson, MS originally
I hope I speak for all the habitues of the MS threads, when I say we hope to see you around here more often!
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posted on
05/26/2003 4:51:33 PM PDT
by
bourbon
To: bourbon
Fanie Lou Hamer was the LBJ leader in MS, when Governor Paul B. Johnson, Jr., was unenthusiastically endorsing Goldwater. I do not know much about her otherwise. Care to fill us in. Was it "Fanie" or "Fannie"?
To: Theodore R.
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posted on
05/27/2003 7:52:18 AM PDT
by
bourbon
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