Derrick Harriell

Southern Literary Festival Celebrates 85 Years

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Southern Literary Festival Celebrates 85 Years

University of Mississippi March 29, 2024 0

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 0

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 0

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 0

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 0

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 0

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 0

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 0

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 0

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 1

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

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