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Eric J. Shelton

Eric J. Shelton

Season 9 - On The Ground with Report for America

Episode 2: Almost Independence Day in Jackson, MS

It was July 3. Photographer Eric Shelton was working on a story about the historic Farish Street District...

Jul 02, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN RIDGELAND, MISS

‘For me, that’s not living:’ In Mississippi, teachers struggle to make ends meet

RIDGELAND, Miss. -- Kaitlyn Barton, 25, is a full-time English teacher at Clarksdale High School. As soon as...

Oct 24, 2019
ON THE GROUND IN JACKSON, MISS

A portrait of struggle and violence in Mississippi

This dispatch is the focus of a GroundTruth Podcast episode, "Almost Independence Day." A memorial for Lee Eric...

Oct 18, 2018
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