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Southern Literary Festival Celebrates 85 Years

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Southern Literary Festival Celebrates 85 Years

University of Mississippi March 29, 2024

Held in Oxford for first time in a decade, event coincides with Oxford Conference for the Book...

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Oxford Conference for the Book Turns 30: Annual Literary Festival Set for April 3-5, 2024 in Oxford, Mississippi

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Oxford Conference for the Book Turns 30: Annual Literary Festival Set for April 3-5, 2024 in Oxford, Mississippi

University of Mississippi March 27, 2024

Annual event partners with Southern Literary Festival to celebrate three decades of literary arts The storied Oxford...

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Criminal Justice Reform Activist Shares Inspirational Story October 26, 2023 at the University of Mississippi

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Criminal Justice Reform Activist Shares Inspirational Story October 26, 2023 at the University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi October 18, 2023

Burton featured October 26, 2023, at inaugural Dr. Jeanette Jennings Lecture Series Susan Burton, a visionary and...

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Princeton Professor is Inaugural Speaker in Meredith Lecture Series at Ole Miss

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Princeton Professor is Inaugural Speaker in Meredith Lecture Series at Ole Miss

University of Mississippi September 28, 2023

Ruha Benjamin to deliver keynote October 2 at The Inn at Ole Miss ballroom  Ruha Benjamin, a renowned Princeton...

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Derrick Harriell Named Director of University of Mississippi African American Studies Program

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Derrick Harriell Named Director of University of Mississippi African American Studies Program

University of Mississippi February 15, 2023

New leader plans to hire faculty and create innovative programming to boost profile Derrick Harriell, an associate...

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Civil Rights Hero Tells Students at Ole Miss, “We Were Your Age”

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Civil Rights Hero Tells Students at Ole Miss, “We Were Your Age”

University of Mississippi October 28, 2022

David Dennis Sr. and David Dennis Jr. lead discussion about their book David Dennis Sr., a civil...

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“The Movement Made Us” Authors to Speak at University of Mississippi

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“The Movement Made Us” Authors to Speak at University of Mississippi

University of Mississippi October 24, 2022

Book tells story of original Freedom Rider and civil rights activist Authors David Dennis Jr. and David...

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Honoring a Mississippi Leader: Anonymous Donor Seeds Fannie Lou Hamer Scholarship in African American Studies

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Honoring a Mississippi Leader: Anonymous Donor Seeds Fannie Lou Hamer Scholarship in African American Studies

University of Mississippi January 31, 2022

A generous gift from an anonymous donor will provide the University of Mississippi African American studies program with an endowed...

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Thacker Mountain Radio Hour Will Be Live at the Link Centre in Tupelo this Saturday

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Thacker Mountain Radio Hour Will Be Live at the Link Centre in Tupelo this Saturday

TLV News August 1, 2018

Thacker Mountain Radio returns to Tupelo! Get on over to The Link Centre for an evening of...

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Local Correspondence: 95 Writers from Mississippi Speak Out Against House Bill 1523

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Local Correspondence: 95 Writers from Mississippi Speak Out Against House Bill 1523

TLV News April 11, 2016

Mississippi has a thousand histories, but these can be boiled down to two strains: our reactionary side, which...

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