This author has contributed to the following articles in the Encyclopedia.Center for the Study of Southern CultureEstablished in 1977 at the University of Mississippi with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Center…Evers-Williams, MyrlieKnown primarily as the widow of the civil rights leader Medgar Evers, Myrlie Evers-Williams has proven to be an influential African American civil rights activist in her own right. Hattiesburg Civil Rights MovementThe 1962 arrival in Hattiesburg of Hollis Watkins and Curtis Hayes marked the beginning of the Hattiesburg civil rights movement.…Juneteenth CelebrationsIndependence Day in the United States is officially celebrated on July 4, but for many Americans the 1776 Declaration of…Married Women’s Property ActIntroduced in the Mississippi Senate in 1839 by Sen. T. B. J. Hadley at the urging of his wife, Piety…Meredith, JamesKnown primarily for integrating the University of Mississippi, J. H. Meredith, the son of Moses Arthur “Cap” Meredith and Roxie…Midden Mound ProjectThe Midden Mound Project, run by the Office of Cultural and Archaeological Research of the University of West Florida in…Mississippi Historical SocietyAlthough some scholars identify the original Historical Society of Mississippi as a different organization from the later Mississippi Historical Society…Plumpp, Sterling D.Born on 30 January 1940, poet Sterling D. Plumpp grew up on a tenant farm in Clinton, Mississippi. His family…Poindexter, GeorgeA contemporary historian wrote that the history of George Poindexter’s public career is “the history of the Territory and the…Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural CenterThe Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center documents the history and achievements of African Americans in Mississippi and sponsors workshops…
Center for the Study of Southern CultureEstablished in 1977 at the University of Mississippi with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Center…
Evers-Williams, MyrlieKnown primarily as the widow of the civil rights leader Medgar Evers, Myrlie Evers-Williams has proven to be an influential African American civil rights activist in her own right.
Hattiesburg Civil Rights MovementThe 1962 arrival in Hattiesburg of Hollis Watkins and Curtis Hayes marked the beginning of the Hattiesburg civil rights movement.…
Juneteenth CelebrationsIndependence Day in the United States is officially celebrated on July 4, but for many Americans the 1776 Declaration of…
Married Women’s Property ActIntroduced in the Mississippi Senate in 1839 by Sen. T. B. J. Hadley at the urging of his wife, Piety…
Meredith, JamesKnown primarily for integrating the University of Mississippi, J. H. Meredith, the son of Moses Arthur “Cap” Meredith and Roxie…
Midden Mound ProjectThe Midden Mound Project, run by the Office of Cultural and Archaeological Research of the University of West Florida in…
Mississippi Historical SocietyAlthough some scholars identify the original Historical Society of Mississippi as a different organization from the later Mississippi Historical Society…
Plumpp, Sterling D.Born on 30 January 1940, poet Sterling D. Plumpp grew up on a tenant farm in Clinton, Mississippi. His family…
Poindexter, GeorgeA contemporary historian wrote that the history of George Poindexter’s public career is “the history of the Territory and the…
Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural CenterThe Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center documents the history and achievements of African Americans in Mississippi and sponsors workshops…
