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Starkville, MS
Joined May 2015
The African Studies Program is partnering with the MSU Speech & Debate Team to host the 4th Annual MLK Jr Oratorical Contest! Details below.
Community | Inspiration | Service For more information about the Day of Service or to register to volunteer, visit mlkdaystarkville.com – at Starkville, MS
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Views of race relations more negative now than they've been for much of the 2000s pewrsr.ch/29qW441
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“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race" wapo.st/1NuQwsq
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Register today @ MsCivilRightsVeterans.com. "The Moral & Political Imperatives of Black Empowerment & Human Dignity" – at Mississippi, USA
Hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving! Please save the date and join us for the 22nd MLK Day Unity Breakfast.
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.@MSState Debuts New Website, @StarkCivilRight, on Civil Rights Era in Starkville jbhe.com/?p=56408
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A Shaky Truce retweeted
PROJECT: ‘A Shaky Truce’: Starkville Civil Rights Struggles, 1960-1980 ← dh+lib acrl.ala.org/dh/2015/11/19/p…
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A Shaky Truce retweeted
Great presentation this morning by @StarkCivilRight on their upcoming website on civil rights in Starkville, MS #OHA2015 #twitterstorians
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Replying to @StarkCivilRight
@StarkCivilRight is a great project documenting the history of civil rights in Starkville on a soon-to-be-presented website. #civilrights
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In memory, Emmett Till. Lynched this day in history 1955. More: on.fb.me/1hkRDvG #BlackLivesMatter
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#tdih 1955: Lamar Smith murdered in Mississippi for urging Blacks to vote. on.fb.me/1L80XgF #VotingRights
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The Implications of Being TOO PC at Historic Sites from our View From the Porch blog: ow.ly/PfPGF
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More things we should read in perilous times. thecoupproject.org/charlesto… Thank you @AAIHS for starting #CharlestonSyllabus #LetsGetFree!
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.@SenatorLeahy + @repjohnlewis have a plan to #RestoreTheVRA in the law's historic 50th year: bit.ly/1e2aeLf
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A Shaky Truce retweeted
South Carolina Shootings' Impact on Mississippians mpbonline.org/blogs/news/201…
Get the history behind the Freedmen's Bureau & #DiscoverFreedmen: bit.ly/1R5FUMs
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From 1865-1872 the bureau opened schools, managed hospitals, rationed food, & certified marriages. #DiscoverFreedmen
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Today in 1871: James Johnson, composer of "Lift Every Voice and Sing," is born. His portrait: ow.ly/OosJh
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