"A Shaky Truce: Civil Rights Struggles in Starkville, MS, 1960-1980"

Join us and hear the untold stories of Starkville's civil rights movement during this community forum sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council. A collaboration between the university's history department and MSU Libraries, the forum will feature a panel of historians and project participants who will discuss Starkville's movement and its importance in Mississippi and the nation. The forum also will debut a digital history website (www.starkvillecivilrights.msstate.edu) on Starkville's civil rights movement. Panelists include Shirley Hanshaw, MSU associate professor of English; Michael Vinson Williams, dean of social sciences at Tougaloo College in Jackson; Stephanie Rolph, a professor at Millsaps College in Jackson; Chris Taylor, president of the Oktibbeha County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; and project staff member Nick Timmerman, a graduate student in history at MSU. RSVP by calling (662) 325-2838 or emailing starkvillecivilrights@lists.msstate.edu. Click the "Link" below for more information.