In June, Corey Crowder attended a symposium on race and memorialization organized by the Lafayette County Remembrance Project (LCRP), and this blog post reflects on his experience as well as the importance of remembering Juneteenth.
In October 2023, the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund sponsored the last of the RL Boyce Picnics in Como, Mississippi. Even though we did not know it at the time, it proved the last time that RL Boyce would hold court over the event prior to his passing on November 9.
Corey Crowder details the work of the MZMF to close the American Historical Association grant in June 2023.
Corey Crowder reveals more about the inner workings, hopes, and dreams of the MZMF in 2023.
As part of our grant from the American Historical Association, we hope to enhance the transparency of our work through regular blogging. In this post, MZMF Fiscal Agent Corey Crowder shares a detailed account of his work in 2023.
