BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//130.74.126.25//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Center for the Study of Southern Culture X-WR-CALDESC: X-FROM-URL:https://southernstudies.olemiss.edu X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-25205@southernstudies.olemiss.edu DTSTAMP:20240329T024017Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Online\,Oral history\,South Talks CONTACT:Afton Thomas\; amthoma4@olemiss.edu DESCRIPTION:
Voices from the Mississippi Hill Cou ntry: The Benton County Civil Rights Movement with R oy DeBerry
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\nVoices from the Missis
sippi Hill Country is a collection of interviews with residents of Be
nton County\, Mississippi—an area with a long and fascinating civil rights
history. The product of more than twenty-five years of work by the Hill C
ountry Project\, the book examines a revolutionary period in American hist
ory through the voices of farmers\, teachers\, sharecroppers\, and student
s. No other rural farming county in the American South has yet been afford
ed such a deep dive into its civil rights experiences and their legacies.
These accumulated stories truly capture life before\, during\, and after t
he movement.
In this SouthTalk\, coauthor of Voices from the M ississippi Hill Country Roy DeBerry will discuss the region’s history and the everyday struggles of African American residents of Benton County \, who had been organizing since the 1930s.
\nRoy DeBerry is executi ve director of the Hill Country Project. He recently retired as vice presi dent for economic development and local governmental affairs at Jackson St ate University\, where he also served as executive vice president and vice president of external relations.
\nSouthTalks is a series of ev ents (including lectures\, performances\, film screenings\, and panel disc ussions) that explores the interdisciplinary nature of Southern Studies. T his series is free and open to the public\, and typically takes place in t he Tupelo Room of Barnard Observatory unless otherwise noted. However\, as a result of the ongoing health crisis\, many events will be virtual\, fre e\, and made accessible on the Center’s YouTube channel after each live ev ent. Visit the Center’s website for information about all Center events. R egistration will be required for all events in order to receive the event link.
\nTickets: https://olemiss.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlcOivrjMuH9JR7pPlDJSu-xLHjkg aHkur.
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