Michael Thurmond Featured Speaker at Wimberly Institute’s Barrier Breakers Award Ceremony

Michael Thurmond

The James Wimberly Institute of Black Studies and History, Inc. will host its 2025 Racial Barrier Breakers Celebration on Saturday, October 18, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at the Anderson Conference Center, 5171 Eisenhower Parkway, Macon, Georgia 31206. This year’s grand celebration will take place in October—a new direction for the Institute. Founder and President Dr. Henry Ficklin explained the…

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A Survivor Speaking Out

Vernice Redmon Carson

I have always loved October for many of the reasons you’d expect crisp fall leaves as they go through a series of shades (green, yellow, orange and a beautiful red), pumpkin spice, cooler temps to name a few. But as a victim, just like the fall leaves went through many changes before each shade of color, so did my…

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