First African-American Homecoming Queen Makes Essence Magazine

OXFORD, Miss. – By being elected the University of Mississippi’s first African-American homecoming queen, Courtney Roxanne Pearson has made Essence Magazine’s “25 Reasons We’re Proud to Be Black Women” list.   The 21-year-old senior English secondary education major from Memphis is No. 20 on the list, which includes such notables as first lady Michelle Obama,Read the story …

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