Lukas Flippo

Pascagoula lost the South State Championship in a game defined by pouring rain and last-second heartbreaks on Friday, Nov. 27, 2020.

A man scans a crowd of hundreds gathered in front of the Gulfport (MS) Police Department to protest police brutality. The protest, which consisted of a half-mile march, joined a chorus of Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd.

The daughter of a Mississippi National Guard soldier awaits the return of her father at the homecoming of the 859th regiment from the Middle East on May 21, 2020.

A storm surge of 7-11 feet from Hurricane Zeta takes over the parking lot of the Golden Nugget in Biloxi, MS, on Oct. 27, 2020.

A member of the Southern Defense Force, a right-wing militia, looks on at a demonstration to take down the Confederate monument in front of the Harrison County Courthouse parking lot in Gulfport on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020.

The Harrison County Republicans' 2020 presidential election watch party.

Owners tie down and secure their boats in the Pass Christian Harbor in Pass Christian, Miss., Sunday, June 7, 2020, on the Mississippi Gulf Coast ahead of Tropical Storm Cristobal’s landfall. (Lukas Flippo/The Sun Herald via AP)

A woman removes the sticky note that indicates how many bags of food she needs during a Thanksgiving food drive in Biloxi on Nov. 19, 2020.

A worshiper attending the outdoor Abundant Life Evangelistic Church Pentecost Sunday service dances along to praise music next to her umbrella. Churches are finding unique ways to worship in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, such as outdoor services and live-streamed worship.

The rain held off for a march on the sidewalk of Highway 90 in Biloxi on Saturday, June 6, 2020. The protest, which was hosted by the NAACP and Mississippi Rising Coalition, consisted of several speeches and an impromptu 1 mile march.

Three brothers play on a splashpad during a Juneteenth celebration in Moss Point on June 15, 2020.

Bridgett Rogers looks on during the vigil in honor of her missing cousin, Willie Ray Q. Jones., on July 15th, 2020.

Jonathan Curry and Olivia Ruiz debate with a man who pulled over to confront the teenagers about their motives to protest on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020.

Hurricane Zeta, which made landfall on October 28th, 2020, left thousands on the Mississippi Gulf Coast without power or water. In response, many flocked to gas stations, which fared no better.

Christene Brice, an active community advocate, looks on as Clemon Jimerson answers questions at the reenactment of the Biloxi wade-ins on Saturday, June 20th, 2020.

Two demonstrators have an altercation at the base of the Confederate monument during a protest to remove it in front of the Harrison County Courthouse parking lot in Gulfport on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020.

Bill Walker leaves an initial appearance on Sept. 1, 2020, in U.S. District Court, where federal authorities are asking that his supervised release be revoked in a conspiracy case because he has failed to keep up with court-ordered restitution payments. Walker conspired to defraud the government while he served as director of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.

Curtis Tomlinson, a member of the southern country folk band "The Tall Boys," strums his guitar to an original song. The Tall Boys were a subject of public scrutiny after they confronted a teenager-led BLM protest in Ocean Springs.

"I knew when they were going to ride, and I would tell everyone to stay inside...that they are coming tonight." Ledell Montgomery was a bricklayer in South Mississippi in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His job and status in the community afforded him social access to the White community long before other Black Mississippians were welcome. He always drove a new car and had a "clean" look. He used his access to keep his community safe. The KKK was highly active at the time, and Ledell would hear about their planned night rides in advance. If they were unhappy, he knew. And he would spread the warning across community, likely saving lives in a tense and unfair time.

Jaelynn Burden looks on with emotion at the end of the Lighthouse Pier boardwalk during the Biloxi wade-in reenactment on Saturday, June 20th, 2020.

Varia Garon, a USM alumnus, picks okra at the Dahmer farm outside of Hattiesburg on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Garon was one of around a dozen volunteers from the community and the Mississippi Rising Coalition who helped pick okra to donate to the Wesley Foundation at Southern Miss to be distributed to under-served international students.

The Vietnamese Cross Country Caravan for Trump rallies at the Latimer Community Center in northern Biloxi, Mississippi, on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020.

The Montgomery's family story began in rural Southern Mississippi, where their ancestors worked as slaves on white-owned plantations. As freedom was granted and the years passed, the family tree expanded across the map. Now, in 2020, they have purchased and blessed a plot of land to build houses and move back to where it all began.

A pro-monument demonstrator holds the Confederate Stars and Bars flag in front of a demonstration to take down the Confederate monument in front of the Harrison County Courthouse parking lot in Gulfport on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020.

The Wingate Hotel in Gulfport suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Zeta.

A Dirt Cheap employee in Bay St. Louis, MS, spray paints their operational hours in advance of Hurricane Sally on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020.

Emily Dominguez hides her eyes as rain from Hurricane Sally causes her family’s property in a low-lying Pascagoula neighborhood to flood on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020.