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Ballet Magnificat! Marks 25 Yearsnew

As a professional ballerina, Kathy Thibodeaux began to pray about her career and her future when she became a Christian in 1979. "Should I keep dancing? Do I give up dancing?" She wondered. At that point, she says, no one in the country was really dancing for Jesus. Her Christian friends were skeptical that dancing was something a nice Christian girl should do.
Jackson Free Press  |  Briana Robinson  |  12-08-2011  |  Performance

An Ass Cape and a Dreamnew

The Miss Mississippi Pageant is the gravest threat facing Christian marriage in the Magnolia State today.
Jackson Free Press  |  Ali Greggs and Brian Johnson  |  07-28-2006  |  Performance

Nikki Giovanni, Spoken Word Superstarnew

Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr. is a renowned writer and activist who prides herself on being "a Black American, a daughter, a mother, a professor of English." You can also call her a superstar in the world of spoken-word poetry.
Jackson Free Press  |  Thabi Moyo  |  12-09-2004  |  Performance

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