This story is about the education of some inner city kids. If you think it means a familiar tale of drugs, guns and failure, you'll be surprised. As Correspondent Morley Safer first reported back in ...

MISSISSIPPI (WDAM) - The Piney Woods School, founded in 1909 by Dr. Laurence C. Jones, is one of only four historically black boarding schools in the United States. With 2000 acres of space including ...

When it comes to luring affluent baby boomers to the area, East Texas seems to suffer from a bit of an identity crisis. Apparently the term Piney Woods, that folksy moniker used to describe the miles ...

‘Sacred Soil: The Piney Woods Story’ Trailer: Doc On One Of U.S’s Oldest Black Boarding Schools Sets Hulu Debut | Disney-ESPN’s Andscape has announced the upcoming premiere of the documentary, Sacred ...

Sacred Soil: The Piney Woods School Story (2024) is an American documentary-drama film revolving around the oldest black boarding school which is The Piney Woods School in Mississipi. Here’s how you ...

LOS ANGELES -- A new documentary is shining a spotlight on one of America's oldest Black boarding schools. "Sacred Soil: The Piney Woods School Story" tells the story of the students and faculty of ...

With its listing on the National Register of Historic Places, Piney Woods School joins a collection of other historic sites in Mississippi that are recognized by the National Park Service as worthy of ...

Pioneering jazz band member Helen Jones Woods, daughter of Piney Woods School founder Laurence Clifton Jones, recently died of COVID-19 disease at age 96. Woods, who was born in Meridian, performed ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Piney Woods Elementary School has been named by the South Carolina School Improvement Council’s (SC)SIC) 2023 honor roll. and is a finalist for the annual Dick and Tunky Riley ...