Mississippi
Remembering Medgar Evers
June 12 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers, the first NAACP field secretary for the state ...
An Artistic Eruv in Jackson, Mississippi
I’m involved with a wonderful collection of people in Jackson who work hard to put on Figment, a participatory arts ...
Privilege & Oppression, Part II
Recently, the Governor of Mississippi, Phil Bryant, signed the Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act. On Governor Bryant’s website, the student ...
Delta Deli Day 2013!
This week, we have a special “Snapshots from the Southern Jewish Road” collection of pictures to share with you, from ...
Guest Post: “Goodman Writes” On Southern Jewish Heritage
Today’s blog comes to us from Michael Goodman at Goodman Writes, another “Southern & Jewish” voice. Reprinted with permission of the ...
My Problem with Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The Civil Rights Movement is one of the most compelling chapters of American history. State and federal governments were right ...
From the Collection: When Life Gives You Wood, Make Ducks
I was in North Mississippi, visiting my husband’s family for the first time over Thanksgiving when I first heard about ...
From the Collection: High Water
As stated in one of our last posts about the hurricane, we are familiar with what the devastation of hurricanes ...
From the Collection: “What My Lady Should Not Wear”
There are moments as an archivist when something unusual (like a fur muff or a military notebook) sticks out from ...
The High Holiday Research Method
With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur just behind us, I thought I would share a little bit about the significance ...