For her episode of "My Hometown Hero," Mya Harden, a senior from Water Valley, MS chose to interview Mr. Calvin Hawkins, Coordinator of Student Services Coffeeville School District, Senior Sponsor of Coffeeville School District, Author “Under the Dusty Sands”, Board President of Yalobusha County African American Historian -Blackmur Library, Pastor of United Missionary Baptist Church, Moderator Mt. Moriah District Association, Member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., 100 Black Men of Grenada, MS.

Tune in as they discuss how he has impacted his community throughout his career and his recently released book "Under the Dusty Sands," which charters African-American history in Yalobusha County from 1870 to 1970.

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