Jackson State Black History with Dr. Leslie Burl McLemore

Our special guest on part two of Tiger Talk’s Jackson State Black History series is a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement trained by giants such as Aaron Henry, Medgar Evers and Fannie Lou Hamer, and he’s the only person to ever serve as Mayor of the City of Jackson and as President of Jackson State University - Dr. Leslie Burl McLemore. We discuss his life works and love of HBCUs from Marks, MS to Rust College, to helping establish the MS Freedom Democratic Party and the JSU Political Science Department. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to be notified of each new episode. Apple users, rate & review the show. Everyone go follow Tiger Talk With the 1400 Klub on Facebook, and @TigerTalk1400 on Instagram and Twitter. http://www.facebook.com/tigertalk1400 https://www.instagram.com/tigertalk1400/ http://www.twitter.com/tigertalk1400 Join the JSU National Alumni Association today by texting “IBELIEVE” to 71777. Purchase your Spring 2021 football tickets at https://t.co/U0WOgnJHL4 Basketball season tickets are on sale: https://t.co/jA9CrW3pkl Donate to the COVID-19 Athletic Relief Fund at www.gojsutigers.com/give Donate to the Building Champions Fund at https://bit.ly/38cZyt8 Baseball season tickets are on sale: https://bit.ly/3euPMU7 Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tigertalk1400klub/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tigertalk1400klub/support Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.