{"id":123987,"date":"2022-10-24T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=123987"},"modified":"2022-10-24T12:09:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T17:09:08","slug":"kentucky-professor-to-discuss-aftermath-of-till-murder-at-university-of-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/kentucky-professor-to-discuss-aftermath-of-till-murder-at-university-of-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Professor to Discuss Aftermath of Till Murder at University of Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Brandon M. Erby to lecture October 25, 2022 in Lamar Hall<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The tragedy is somewhat well known. Emmett Till<\/strong>, 14 years old, was visiting relatives in the Delta <\/strong>town of Money when he was accused of harassing a white woman in a grocery store. Just days later, Till was abducted, brutally beaten and killed. Relatives of the woman were accused of the crime but acquitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This murder, which took place in August 1955, spurred civil rights activists and has been the subject of much research. One expert on Till will visit the University of Mississippi<\/strong> on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 to discuss his research on the murder and what followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brandon M. Erby<\/strong>, assistant professor of writing, rhetoric, and digital studies at the University of Kentucky<\/strong>, will discuss “M Is for Mississippi and Mobilization: Rhetorical Acts of Resistance after the Murder of Emmett Till” at 3 pm in Lamar Hall<\/strong>, Room 129. The free lecture is hosted by the UM Department of Writing and Rhetoric<\/strong>. Refreshments will be served following the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The talk will examine how Mamie Till-Mobley<\/strong>‘s acts of resistance were used by people in the Mississippi <\/strong>Delta to respond to her son’s death, mobilize others, navigate Jim Crow and pursue justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I met Dr. Erby in a Rhetoric Society of America seminar two years ago,” said Stephen Monroe<\/strong>, chair and assistant professor of writing and rhetoric. “He is a brilliant scholar conducting important research into the rhetorical dimensions of the civil rights movement in Mississippi and beyond.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before earning master’s and doctoral degrees at Pennsylvania State University<\/strong>, Erby earned his bachelor’s degree in English <\/strong>from Tougaloo College<\/strong> in Jackson<\/strong>. His research interests include African American<\/strong> rhetoric, literacy studies, prison studies, rhetorical education, civil rights, and Black <\/strong>power movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Edwin B. Smith<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brandon Erby. Submitted photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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