Protected: The Jackson Advocate – November 12 – November 18, 2026

By DeAnna Tisdale Johnson ● Digital Editions ● November 12, 2026 Advertisement Advertisement Author DeAnna Tisdale Johnson DeAnna Tisdale Johnson is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Jackson Advocate newspaper. Johnson joins a short list as one of the youngest publishers in the history of Black newspapers. Johnson oversees a small staff and is diligently working to grow the newspaper to its former glory and beyond by digitizing the medium. She has been a published writer since the age of fourteen for the publication, where her father Charles Tisdale was owner and publisher until his death. Her mother, Alice Tisdale, is now publisher emeritus. She is also a lyric soprano, lauded for her warmth and richness of voice.

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