Jackson Academy students applaud at the conclusion of a performance of "Power of Conviction," May 12, 2009, in Jackson, Miss. The composition, written by Jackson Academy alumnus and current Southern Mississippi music student Corey Carter, was influenced by two photographs of civil rights activist and Tougaloo College student Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, taken during the 1960s'. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)