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The Rhetoric and Methods of the 1963 Mississippi Freedom Vote

December 14, 2018December 24, 2018 Denise Lynn Mississippi, racism, Resistance, South, voting, white supremacy

After attempting to register Black voters, pushing school integration, and challenging segregation in transportation throughout the 1950s, activists in Mississippi

The Historical Roots of Blues Music

May 9, 2018May 15, 2018 Lamont Pearley Sr. Great Migration, Mississippi, music, slavery

Contrary to what some people believe, the blues is not “slave music.” Although it was cultivated by the descendants of slaves,

Racial Violence and America’s Civil Rights Century: An Interview with Jason Morgan Ward

November 14, 2016November 12, 2016 Stephen G. Hall black politics, Black women, Jim Crow, lynching, Mississippi, NAACP

In today’s guest post, Stephen G. Hall interviews Jason Morgan Ward about his new book, Hanging Bridge: Racial Violence and

Head Start and Mississippi’s Black Freedom Struggle: An Interview with Crystal R. Sanders

July 18, 2016July 16, 2016 Keisha N. Blain Mississippi

This month, I interviewed Crystal R. Sanders about her new book, A Chance for Change: Head Start and Mississippi’s Black

Mob Economics and Lynching Narratives

April 14, 2016April 11, 2016 Guest Poster Jim Crow, lynching, Mississippi, William Pickens

This is a guest post by Jason Morgan Ward, an associate professor of history at Mississippi State University. His new