“Southern Environmental Justice” presented by Rev. Dr. Benjamin Chavis In this SouthTalk, Rev. Dr. Benjamin Chavis will speak on the evolution of the environmental justice movement, which is often said to have started as a local grassroots movement in North Carolina in 1982. Today the environmental justice movement has grown into a global movement for …
Our Movement Starts Here: Film Screening and Panel Ben Chavis, Dollie Burwell, Melanie Ho, and John Rash Our Movement Starts Here is a feature-length documentary film by directors John Rash and Melanie Ho that chronicles the story of a rural, majority-Black community in North Carolina that made history in 1982 by fighting the state’s toxic …
“The Cash Value of Racism in America—and Its Schools” presented by Tracie McMillan After journalist Tracie McMillan began reporting on the material advantages of racial privilege in America, she ended up in the public schools of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Using the story of two millennial sisters—the Becker girls—as a starting point, McMillan pieces together a seventy-year history …
Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer 1964 with us as Fellows from the Freedom Projects across Mississippi present their studies. Hear the young leaders presenting about literary studies, education, history, geography and psychology. Free and open to the public. For more information, visit freedomprojectnetwork.org.
Terry “Harmonica” Bean will play at 6 p.m. for a free Summer Sunset Series concert in the Grove. To learn more about him, visit this Living Blues article.
If you are a Southern Studies alum in the greater Jackson area, please join us for happy hour on Thursday May 23. RSVP here to find the location and time.
Darren Grem’s Southern Studies 402 class presents posters about their work this semester.
The Coalition for the Study of Race and Racism (CSRR) cordially invites you to attend a Research Café at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 17 in the Barnard Observatory Tupelo Room. Our Research Café is an informal space for faculty, staff, and students interested in the study of race and racism to connect, share what they’re …
All Roads Lead to Holmes: Voices of Holmes County Oral History Project Film and Panel with Al Povall, Ora Reed, Phil Cohen, and Friends of Lexington Preservation Tuesday, April 23 at 4 p.m. in Barnard Observatory All Roads Lead to Holmes: Voices of Holmes County is a documentary project directed by Ed Ellington and produced by the Friends …
(I’m Not) Your Negroni Film Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker Antonio Tarrell and Bartender/Bar Owner Joe Stinchcomb Thursday, April 18 at 5 p.m. in Overby Center Auditorium Award-winning bartender Joseph “Joe” Stinchcomb stirs up the small town of Oxford, Mississippi when he launches a craft cocktail menu honoring Black History Month. Joseph Stinchcomb began his hospitality career …