60 Years of Civil Rights
The 2024 annual meeting of the Society of Mississippi Archivists will be held at the COFO Civil Rights Education Center in Jackson on April 18-19. Click here to register!
Wednesday, April 17
10:00 a.m. (virtual)
Pre-Conference Table Talk: From Emancipation to Desegregation: Black Experiences through Materials at MSU Archives
Brad Johnston, Graduate Student, Mississippi State University
Carley Hill, Graduate Student, Mississippi State University
Ben Hillerman, Graduate Student, Mississippi State University
Heath Anderson, Graduate Student, Mississippi State University
Thursday, April 18
9:00 a.m.
Registration (breakfast snacks provided)
10:00 a.m.
From This Building Til Now
Jan Hillegas, F.I.S. Library Project and Conversations Mississippi
Dr. Christina Thomas, Visiting Scholar, JSU Margaret Walker Center
11:00 a.m.
Struggling for What is Right: Work at the COFO State Office during 1964 Freedom Summer
Angela Stewart, Archivist, Margaret Walker Center
Chioma Ajuonuma, HCAC Graduate Fellow
Garrad Lee, Digital Humanities Program Manager
Dr. Christina Thomas, Visiting Scholar, JSU Margaret Walker Center
12:00
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
Integration at Mississippi College
Camryn Johnson, Mississippi College
2:00 p.m.
Panel: Freedom in the Finding Aids: Civil Rights Collections newly processed under NHPRC grant
Lorraine A. Stuart, Head of Special Collections, University of Southern Mississippi
Brennan Collins, Graduate Assistant, University of Southern Mississippi
Crystal Walker, Graduate Assistant, University of Southern Mississippi
Julia Sumrall, Graduate Assistant, University of Southern Mississippi
Jessica Clark, Assistant Curator of Historical Manuscripts, University of Southern Mississippi
3:00 p.m.
Closing remarks
3:15 p.m.
Tours (Smith Robertson Museum, Mt. Olive Cemetery, M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge)
6:30 p.m.
Iron Horse Grill Meetup
Friday, April 19th
9:00 a.m
Breakfast and snacks
9:30 a.m.
Moving Mayfield: How a Documentary Helped Save an Archive
Jeannie Speck-Thompson, University Archivist and Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi
10:30 a.m.
Panel: Exploring Civil Rights in Archival Instruction
Greg Johnson, Professor, Head of Special Collections & Blues Curator, The University of Mississippi
Jennifer Brannock, Professor, Curator of Rare Books & Mississippiana, The University of Southern Mississippi
Jessica Perkins Smith, Associate Professor, University Archivist, Mississippi State University
11:30 a.m.
Closing remarks and SMA board meeting
Questions? Please contact SMA Vice-President, Miranda Vaughn, mvaughn@mdah.ms.gov
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