On this day in 1961, Herbert Lee became the first local person killed fighting for voting rights with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Debbie Skipper
Debbie is a veteran journalist, who worked over 30 years at the Clarion Ledger, first as a reporter and then as an editor overseeing breaking news, business and investigative projects. She left the CL as news director in 2018 to become managing editor of the nonprofit Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting and joined Mississippi Today on Oct. 1, 2022, to become its first justice team editor.
