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BGodInspired · Mobile, AL

SS United States Artificial Reef: 29 Years Idle, Then This

Read Time:10 Minute, 30 Second At about nine o’clock last night, Gulf time, the fastest ocean liner ever built slipped under the water for the last time. The SS United States now rests on the sea floor off the coast of Florida. She is the world’s largest artificial reef, and as of this morning the sonar says she landed upright, exactly the way the engineers planned. Here is the part that is easy to miss. The SS United States artificial reef is the first useful thing this ship has done since 1969. She spent 17 years at sea and then 57 years waiting. Twenty-nine of those were tied to a single pier in Philadelphia, rusting, while plan after plan to bring her back fell through. If you grew up admiring her, or you simply like a great machine, the sinking is worth a few minutes. And if you are at a point in your own life where the fast years feel like they are behind you, it is worth a few more. What the SS United States Was Built to Do Her designer was William Francis Gibbs.

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Jackson Advocate · Biloxi, MS

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Mississippi State NAACP Conference in Biloxi Nov. 5 -7, 2026

Report of Attorney Patrice Amandla Sulton, Moderator of Labor & Industry Workshop: Dear all, Thank you for a thoughtful, solutions-focused Labor & Industry workshop today. I appreciate the opportunity to help facilitate the discussion and hear everyone’s ideas for expanding African American entrepreneurship, ownership, and workforce opportunity. Below, I’ve organized the recommendations into two groups: priorities for the State Conference to consider advancing, and actions we can all take individually and through our businesses and organizations. These reflect ideas raised during the discussion, not formally adopted positions. Recommendations for the State Conference Connect people to jobs and apprenticeships. Build relationships with organized labor and other opportunity providers to connect community members with jobs and press trade unions to expand apprenticeship opportunities. Advance fair employment policies.

Jackson Advocate · Biloxi, MS

Nearby: Biloxi, MS

MS State NAACP convenes in Biloxi

By Dr. Anne T. Sulton, Esq. Jackson Advocate Senior International Correspondent From November 5-7, 2026, the 81st Annual Mississippi State Conference NAACP Convention & Policy Institute will be held at the Golden Nugget Casino Resort in Biloxi, MS. This year’s theme is “We the People” – both a declaration and a call to action. Keynote speakers include Derrick Johnson (NAACP President and CEO) and Leon Russell (Chair, NAACP National Board of Directors). Workshops will be offered on several pressing issues, including Criminal Justice, Environmental Justice, Health, and Labor & Industry. Under the visionary leadership of Deloris Lee, Chair of the Mississippi State NAACP Conference’s Labor & Industry Committee, her workshop at 9:15 AM on November 7th also promises to produce an action plan. This plan will focus on African Americans’ future participation in the entrepreneurial sectors in 2027 and beyond.

The Meridian Star · Biloxi, MS

Nearby: Biloxi, MS

The Storage Center invites Mississippi students to apply for scholarship

BILOXI, Miss. – Mississippi college students have until Nov. 30 to apply for the Fall 2026 Space to Succeed Scholarship from The Storage Center, which operates six facilities in the state across the Jackson metro and the Gulf Coast, including a new location on Popp’s Ferry Road in Biloxi that opened this month. Three students nationwide will each receive a $5,000 award in recognition of measurable, self-initiated community leadership. Now in its fourth cycle, the Space to Succeed Scholarship has granted $45,000 to nine students since launching in spring 2025. Past recipients include a Texas A&M student who has collected more than 9,500 coats for families in need, an LSU Eunice nursing student and mother of four, and a University of Alabama in Huntsville student whose stroke-awareness initiative has raised more than $10,000 and helped save six lives. The Spring 2026 cycle drew more than 2,000 applications from across the country.