When:
February 24, 2016 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
2016-02-24T12:00:00-06:00
2016-02-24T13:00:00-06:00
Where:
Barnard Observatory, Tupelo Room
Cost:
Free
Contact:
662-915-5993

Dionne Bailey, UM adjunct history professor, discusses how African American women are major actors in the implementation, development, and growth of Mississippi’s notorious Parchman Penitentiary. Bailey illustrates that race along with class and gender significantly influenced how penology functioned in the South. Bailey’s work takes a detailed look into not only the often overlooked history of women at Parchman, but she also works to give voices to a marginalized group of women seemingly deemed unworthy of historical analysis or consideration.

Bailey earned her PhD in History from the Arch Dalrymple III Department of History at the University of Mississippi in August 2015. Her work focuses on social justice, carceral studies, and the Mass Incarceration of women of color in the American South.

Brown Bag Lectures take place on select Wednesdays during the fall and spring semesters in the Tupelo Room in the west wing of Barnard Observatory. Brown Bags last one hour and are free and open to the public.