Over the past few weeks, Greater St. James Missionary Baptist Church and Blackburn Middle School have been working on the first Essay and Creative Arts Contest. The contest was to celebrate Medgar Wiley Evers and the winners of the contest was announced today during the special program.

Below are pictures from the program and the list of winners.

6th Grade Essay Winners

1st Place- Genesis Hopson

2nd Place-MiYunna Woodson

3rd Place- Cody Coleman

7th Grade Art Winners

1st Place- Journee Jones

2nd Place- Marquez Dean