During a yellow fever outbreak in 1898, the residents of Taylor and Orwood, Mississippi, played an unexpected role in a story that changed public health in the United States. Hear how the actions of ordinary neighbors during an extraordinary time left a lasting mark on history.
You’re Invited!
Lost Dog Coffee hosts Shirley Wimbish Gray, retired writing faculty at Ole Miss and her husband, Wayne Gray, a virologist in the Department of Biology at Ole Miss, to tell this remarkable story about how Mississippians helped solve the cause of yellow fever.
Date: Thursday, August
Time: 6 pm
Place: Lost Dog Coffee, 4 Town Square in Plein Air, Taylor MS
Everyone is welcome!
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