Robby Luckett
Director, Margaret Walker Center, and Professor in the Department of History at Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
Robby Luckett received his BA in political science from Yale University and his doctorate in history from the University of Georgia. A native Mississippian, he returned home, where he is a tenured Associate Professor of History and Director of the Margaret Walker Center and COFO Civil Rights Education Center at Jackson State University. His books include a collection of essays, “Redefining Liberal Arts Education in the 21st Century” (University Press of Mississippi, 2021), and a monograph, “Joe T. Patterson and the White South’s Dilemma: Evolving Resistance to Black Advancement” (University Press of Mississippi, 2015).