African American Studies at the University of Mississippi

03/11/2022

Dear University of Mississippi Community: Please join us for the Second Annual Howry Lecture in Faulkner Studies featuring Dr. Sharon P. Holland (Townsend Ludington Distinguished Professor and Chair of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
This event will take place in the Bondurant Auditorium on Monday, March 21st at 7pm, and is free and open to the public.

12/11/2020

Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi is officially the 423rd unit of the National Park System!

Medgar and Myrlie Evers were partners in the civil rights struggle. The assassination of Medgar Evers in the carport of their home on June 12, 1963, was the first murder of a nationally significant leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, and it became a catalyst for passage of the Civil Rights...

06/04/2020

Statement about from the African American Studies Program at The University of Mississippi
"The faculty members of the African American Studies Program at the University of Mississippi want to clearly express our solidarity with oppressed citizens of this nation. In this time of national uncertainty, African Americans continue to struggle against injustice. The global pandemic and continuing police brutality highlight longstanding inequities, but also highlight ongoing efforts to seek justice, not only for African Americans but for all people. We want to clarify our position in relation to these issues."
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05/28/2019

Job Search: Instructional Assistant Professor of African American Studies to start Aug 2019 at OleMiss teaching intro AAS courses. PhD in AAS, English, Sociology, History, Poli Sci, etc. Promotional ladder + benefits. Send 2-page cover letter, CV, 1-page teaching philosophy, and contact info for 3 references (no reference letters needed at this stage). Review of applications begins June 1. See ad: http://bit.ly/2I8TRxp
Association of Black Women Historians

Instructional Assistant Professor of African American Studies

04/10/2019

Je'Monda Roy, an MFA Documentary student in the Center for the Study of Southern Culture, premieres her documentary film "Getting to the Root" on Tuesday, April 16 at 6 pm in Overby Auditorium. The film is about Black women's natural hair as personal and political expression at PWIs. A panel discussion and refreshments will follow the film.

03/20/2019

Lively Q&A for Dr. Johnson after his talk about the spirit and .

03/19/2019

Brian Foster asks Andre E. Johnson, PhD "How useful is it to decouple the Black Church as an institution and the spirit when considering the Movement?" Dr. Johnson adds, "What if we go even further and separate the church body: the ecclesia, the called out ones, from the church building?"

03/19/2019

Andre E. Johnson, PhD reveals from his research: A student says "My God is Black. My God is female." She reveals and the spirit as places of invention and sites of liberation.

03/19/2019

Nearly a packed house for sponsored event: "I Felt Something Pulling Me": The Role of "Spirit" in the Movement by Andre E. Johnson, PhD (with Amanda Nell Edgar) ofThe Struggle Over Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter.

02/07/2019

History of Black teachers' protests and reverberations today.

Linking workers’ concerns with the concerns of students and their communities, the striking teachers echo a much longer history of organizing by Black women educators within and outside of unions, …

02/06/2019

Thursday, Feb 14 at 5:30 in Bryant Hall 209
Marisa J. Fuentes, "Refuse Bodies, Disposable Lives: A History of the Human and the Transatlantic Slave Trade"

02/05/2019

Tune in Tuesday 7 CST on PBS World or watch online.

Exploring urban redevelopment and gentrification in Chicago and other U.S. cities today.