1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1008+ words) Longtime New Orleans activist Jerome “Big Duck” Smith was laid to rest Saturday after an hours-long memorial service attended by hundreds and featuring rousing musical performances and speeches by top elected officials and fellow veterans of the Civil Rights Movement....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (193+ words) Jerome 'Big Duck' Smith New Orleans will lay Jerome “Big Duck” Smith to rest next month with two days of memorial services celebrating the local Civil Rights leader’s storied life and relentless work in the name of racial equality. Relatives…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1795+ words) Civil rights activist Jerome Smith speaks about growing up in New Orleans to a Martin Luther King Charter School class on March 18, 2011. At right is sixth grader Lenece Webb. Jerome Smith smiles in 2019. When he was a boy in the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1341+ words) Attorney Ben Crump, left, whispers to the Rev. Al Sharpton as they take turns speaking during a memorial service for Nolan Wells at Center Pointe Church in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on Monday, July 20, 2026. Three friends who were with Nolan Xavier…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (538+ words) Elmore Wonsley stands between attorney Ben Crump, left, and the Rev. Al Sharpton as he shares memories of his son, Nolan Wells, during a memorial service at Center Pointe Church in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on Monday, July 20, 2026. Demands for information…...