Oxford’s efforts to remember and learn from the hurt of racial segregation have taken a step forward. At an open house Sept. 29, former students and...
Walter Johnson to deliver lecture September 18 Slavery, capitalism and imperialism are the focus of this year’s Gilder-Jordan Lecture in Southern History at the University of...
This 1923 letter seeks to raise funds for the Piney Woods Country Life School. Piney Woods was founded in 1909 to create educational and vocational...
By Joe Atkins, HT.com blogger The lingering image of the happy-go-lucky Southerner, content with his lot, happy to get a pat on the head from the...
Former office of author John Grisham will serve as a museum and multicultural center for the city After 10 years of fund raising, planning and shaping...
Undiagnosed, disconnected thoughts of the moment By Tad Wilkes, Nightlife & Lifestyles Editor tad.wilkes@hottytoddy.com Various postulates and brain farts on … Bigotry and Learning This installment...
Ten years after James Meredith broke down the color barrier by becoming the first African American member of the student body, another milestone was reached....
By Alex Edwards Although 33 years separate their time at the University of Mississippi, Rose Flenorl and Courtney Pearson share many similar experiences growing up in...
By Robert C. Khayat When I was a young man of 22, I was the picture of good health. I had already played my rookie season...
Time and CNN called Kosciusko native Oprah Winfrey “arguably the most powerful woman in the world.” Forbes magazine named her the first African-American female...