Photo feature: NHS students hear residents’ civil rights experiences

Published 12:12 am Thursday, February 16, 2012

Lauren Wood / The Natchez Democrat — Former mayor Phillip West, far left, speaks to students at Natchez High School Wednesday morning as part of the Black History Experience, an event at which local residents shared their Civil Rights movement experiences.

 

 

Lauren Wood / The Natchez Democrat — Javel Ridley, a junior at Natchez High School, reads the handouts from Jessie Bernard Williams and Mary Lee Toles. More than 400 students were able to hear the 15 different speakers that came to the school.