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Tonight Overby Center Closes Fall Season with Political Postmortem
The prospect of an administration headed by Donald Trump and the upheaval faced by the nation’s two major parties will be among the subjects addressed in a public discussion next Tuesday, Nov. 15, at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics.
The event begins at 6 p.m. and is free and open to the public. A reception afterward will close the Overby Center’s series of fall semester programs.
Entitled “What Now?”– because of the political uncertainty resulting from this month’s election — a panel will consider several critical questions: Will Trump be able to follow through as president on his controversial initiatives? What will be the reaction of Republican leaders who were dubious of the Trump campaign? Will the Democratic Party be forced to reconsider its own priorities after suffering a shocking defeat?
Charles Overby, chairman of the center, will lead the discussion. Joining him on the panel will be Marvin King, a professor of political science and African-American affairs at Ole Miss, and Overby Fellow Curtis Wilkie. Both Overby and Wilkie covered many presidential campaigns as journalists. Overby once served as state chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party, and King has been politically active in Mississippi, serving as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
During their hour-long conversation, members of the audience will be encouraged to ask their own questions and to take part in the discussion.
Tuesday night’s program serves as a bookend to an earlier Overby Center discussion before a crowded auditorium following a screening of the Oct. 19 debate between Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
“We’re hoping to have another interested audience of students and members of the Oxford community and to stimulate some lively dialogue,” said Wilkie. “That’s one of the roles of the Overby Center — to serve as a nonpartisan forum for political discussion at Ole Miss.”
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