Monday, March 16, 2026

Passing of the gavel

Keena Graham is the new president of the Mississippi Historical Society 

Roscoe Barnes III and Keena Graham
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On Friday, March 6, 2026, I completed my term as president of the Mississippi Historical Society. I passed the gavel to our new president, Keena Graham, superintendent of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson.

Photos by the Mississippi Historical Society and the Mississippi Department of Archives & History

Roscoe Barnes III and Keena Graham
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