Medgar Evers: He Taught His Kids To Crawl So We Could Stand (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781720574965)

Katina Rankin, a native of Magee, Mississippi, is an Emmy-nominated journalist. She received her bachelor's degree in mass communications from Alcorn State University and her master's degree in broadcast journalism from Jackson State University. While attending ASU, Katina began her journalism career as an intern at WLBT. After six years on the air in Mississippi, Katina's career led her to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, where she co-anchored the main newscast at Eyewitness News. During her journalism career, Katina has covered everything from the Mississippi murder trials of Byron De La Beckwith and Sam Bowers to the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in Texas. She has featured local Miss America Pageant contestants by following them to Atlantic City, and she has traveled to San Antonio for the Final Four tournaments. Katina's daily reports about the impact of Hurricane Katrina included an in-depth interview with Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour. She also interviewed notable figures and broke many stories in the lacrosse rape investigation at Duke University in North Carolina. Katina has interviewed former NAACP president Myrlie Evers, presidential candidate John Edwards, the late Rosa Parks and blues legend B.B. King. Katina also distinguished herself as a journalist by earning several news awards including an emmy nomination. After more than seventeen years in broadcast and print media, Katina felt entrepreneurial, and she founded Katina Rankin Enterprises (KRE), a public relations firm. Katina's public relations work took her to three countries: Israel, Egypt, and Palestine. Katina has given back to the community by speaking to hundreds of church groups, schools, and universities through the years. She has also taught writing classes at Jackson State University. Additionally, Katina has given the commencement address at Alcorn State University. And she was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the National Association of Black Journalists. Katina has authored and published "Up North, Down South: City Folk Meet Country Folk," a children's book. Katina's first in a series of children's civil rights books: "Emmett Till: Sometimes Good Can Come Out of a Bad Situation" was published in June 2018. Katina has been named Mississippi's Woman of the Year and Shero of the Year for her work with women and children.