Black Power at Ole Miss: Remembrance, Reckoning, and Repair at Fifty Years Luncheon

Ole Miss Student Union – Ballroom

The University of Mississippi commemorates the 50th anniversary of the protests and mass arrests of Black students which took place at the University of Mississippi on February 25, 1970. Black Power at Ole Miss will remember and honor the activism and sacrifice of Black students, reckon with the harm and trauma caused by the actions of university and federal and state law enforcement, and seek reparative solutions grounded in truth-telling and justice. There will be a free a luncheon for current and former University of Mississippi students and alumni, sponsored by the Black Student Union, the Black Alumni Association, the African American Studies Department, and the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement as a part of the overall programming for Black Power at Ole Miss: Remembrance, Reckoning, and Repair at Fifty Years. Free tickets for faculty and staff are available now at the UM Box Office in the Ford Center.