Created Equal: Civil Rights Outreach @ Mississippi Academic Libraries
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The document outlines events and initiatives related to the 'Created Equal' exhibition and the 'Changing America' film series, focusing on civil rights and African American history education. It includes contributions from various educational institutions and highlights community engagements, lectures, and partnerships. Key presenters and local organizations involved in promoting these historical narratives are also mentioned.
Created Equal: Civil Rights Outreach @ Mississippi Academic Libraries
- 2. Created with Haiku Deck Sheeji Kathuria and Hillary Richardson Mississippi State University Libraries
- 3. MSU Libraries and African American Studies
- 4. Promotion
- 5. Assessment
- 6. Photo by rishibando - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License https://www.flickr.com/photos/27590002@N04 Created with Haiku Deck
- 7. Since Created Equal • Enhance our digital collections • AAS 3043, Modern Civil Rights Law class • Starkville Civil Rights project
- 9. •Freedom Summer Conference •Civil Rights Research @ MSU •MSU Libraries and African American Studies Relationship
- 10. Shugana Williams Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Photo by Village Square - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License https://www.flickr.com/photos/38971527@N04 Created with Haiku Deck
- 11. coastal connections www.blog.al.com www.usa.gov on flickr William Newell Collection Mississippi Digital Library National Geographic www.usa.gov on flickr www.usagov on flickr www.usa.gov on flickr
- 12. Created Equal Film Selections USM Gulf Coast
- 13. Slavery by Another Name spans eight decades, from 1865 to 1945, revealing the interlocking forces in both the South and the North that enabled this “neoslavery” to begin and persist.
- 14. Our presenters Dr. Emily Clark Tulane University Dr. Kern Jackson University of South Alabama Dr. James Pat Smith Southern Miss
- 15. Changing America exhibition National Endowment for the Humanities American Library Association Public Programs Office Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture National Museum of American History
- 16. Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/40645538@N00 Created with Haiku Deck
- 17. Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/40645538@N00 Created with Haiku Deck
- 18. Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/40645538@N00 Created with Haiku Deck
- 19. Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/40645538@N00 Created with Haiku Deck
- 20. Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/40645538@N00 Created with Haiku Deck
- 21. Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/40645538@N00 Created with Haiku Deck
- 22. Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/40645538@N00 Created with Haiku Deck
- 23. Changing America public programs • History of the Seafood Industry by Dr. Deanne Nuwer, Southern Miss • Integrating the Military: African-Americans, Women, and Gays by Douglas Bristol, Southern Miss • African-American Genealogy Workshop by Anne Anderson and Joyce Griffith of the Ocean Springs Genealogical Society • Poetry Reading
- 24. publicity Changing America exhibition & Created Equal film series • University Communications • Mississippi Gulf Coast Tourism website • Mississippi Public Broadcast weekend announcements • Media Outlets: • Sun Herald Newspaper • Sea Coast Echo • Mississippi Public Broadcasting • WLOX • WXXV Fox
- 25. local partners Changing America exhibition & Created Equal film series • Southern Miss Gulf Coast Libraries • Evelyn Gandy Cultural Center • Long Beach Biloxi Library • Biloxi Public Library • College of Arts & Letters at Southern Miss • Student Government Association at Southern Miss Gulf Coast • Think Center at Southern Miss Gulf Coast
- 26. overview Changing America exhibition & Created Equal film series • Mistakes • Time • Other programs in the community • Lectures were held during the day • Relationship with faculty (E-mail doesn’t work) • Good stuff • Publicity • Conversations • Revealed local history
- 27. Melissa Dennis, University of Mississippi Libraries Photo by ensign_beedrill - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/27914970@N04 Created with Haiku Deck
- 29. Photo by jenny downing - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/7941044@N06 Created with Haiku Deck
- 30. Local Partners Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation Center for the Study of Southern Culture
- 33. Photo by Stuck in Customs - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/95572727@N00 Created with Haiku Deck
- 34. Freedom Summer
- 37. Learn more about Created Equal
- 38. Questions? Melissa Dennis mdennis@olemiss.edu Sheeji Kathuria skathuria@library.msstate.edu Hillary A. H. Richardson hrichardson@library.msstate.edu Shugana Williams shugana.williams@mgccc.edu