OS Featured in the Clarion Ledger

Just over half a century ago, Operation Shoestring in Jackson was born amid the deep tension between our American promise of equality and our systemic reality of racism. The shotgun blast that struck James Meredith on his June 1966 March Against Fear triggered an effort that ultimately created Operation Shoestring in 1968. Now, as it did then, Shoestring affirms the dignity of Black and Brown children and families to help build the world that should be. Read more