Resources
Year-Round Resources on Black History
- February is Black History Month, a federally recognized annual celebration of the contributions of African-Americans and their central role in U.S. history. The following is a living collection of resources on Black history that educators, students, and the larger community can use to grow their awareness and antiracism, both during Black History Month and throughout the year. Most resources are rooted in Mississippi or connected to Black history in Mississippi.
- From The Smithsonian: The Continuing Importance of Black History Month
- Projects and Programs at the Jackson State University Margaret Walker Center
- University of Mississippi’s All In. All Year. events through the Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement
- WLBT’s Remembering Freedom Summer of 1964 and Its Impact on Mississippi
- Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting (MCIR) stories on civil rights
- Mississippi Historical Society Black History Resources
- The Smith-Robertson Museum in Jackson showcases the art, artifacts, and photography, the work, lifestyle, and artistic contributions of African Americans, evoking a greater understanding of the African-American experience in the Deep South.
- Wisconsin Historical Society Freedom Summer digital image collection
Presentations
- Challenge of a Generation: Mississippi’s Brain Drain and Population Loss (2019)
- History of Public Education in Mississippi
Fact Sheets
In the Media
- Clarion Ledger: Donations to Emmett Till Memorial pour in following white nationalist group’s filming by Jimmie Gates, November 4, 2019
- Mississippi Today: Meet Mimmo Parisi, the political powerbroker who uses ‘alternative data’ to paint a rosier picture of Mississippi by Anna Wolfe, March 28, 2019
- Oxford Eagle: Family of man lynched in Lafayette County finds answers through William Winter Institute by Anna Guizerix, June 3, 2018
- Mississippi Today: ‘Brain drain’ event looks beyond data, explores why Mississippians leave by Kelsey Davis, May 2, 2018
- New York Times Magazine: A lynching’s long shadow by Vanessa Gregory, April 25, 2018
- Newsweek: America’s Lynching History: How the Equal Justice Initiative is Helping Counties Acknowledge Terrorism, November 29, 2018
- Center for Public Integrity: Forgotten and Failing: Black students languish as a Mississippi town reckons with its painful past by Sarah Kleiner, October 19, 2018
- Hechinger Report: Never mind Trump’s visit — Mississippi’s new Civil Rights Museum is a real game changer for education by Liz Willen, December 11, 2017
- NBC News: Obama’s Name to Replace Jefferson Davis’ on Mississippi School by Dan Corey, October 18, 2017
- Mississippi Today: Why Mississippi is the deadliest place to drive a car by Larrison Campbell, July 3, 2018
- Hechinger Report: A university grapples with its links to slavery and racism by Delece Smith-Barrow, March 7, 2018
- Mindful.org: Healing Racial Fault Lines, August 11, 2016
- Hechinger Report: How one Mississippi district made integration work by Jackie Mader, April 18, 2016
- New York Times: Chosen by Mississippi Democrats, shy trucker is at a crossroad by Campbell Robertson, September 7, 2015
- Washington Post: A blueprint for changing the way we talk about race by Kathleen Parker, June 26, 2015
- Hechinger Report: Disgust and outrage at University of Mississippi after Meredith statue desecrated by Kayleigh Skinner, February 21, 2014