Porter Fortune Jr. History Symposium

The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi will be the theme of the 2010 Porter Fortune Jr. History Symposium. This year's event will be a joint event with the Future of the South Symposium organized through the Center for the Study of Southern Culture.

Dates will be February 18-20, 2010. Scholarly talks and discussion will take place Thursday and Friday, February 18-19, and an unstructured discussion of the relationship between the history of the Civil Rights Movement and the future of Mississippi will take place on Saturday, February 20.

Participants in the symposium will include:

  • Chris Myers Asch, U.S. Public Service Academy
  • Emilye Crosby, State University of New York, Geneseo
  • David Cunningham, Brandeis University
  • John Dittmer, DePauw University
  • Jelani Favors, Morgan State University
  • Francoise Hamlin, Brown University
  • Wesley Hogan, Virginia State University
  • Jennifer Irons, Hamilton College
  • Tiyi Morris, Ohio State University
  • Byron D'Andra Orey, Jackson State University
  • Joseph Reiff, Emory and Henry College
  • Akinyele Umoja, Georgia State University
  • Michael Williams, Mississippi State University.

 

For information on the symposium, contact Ted Ownby at umsymp@olemiss.edu or visit the Symposium's Web site.