Moving Spirits: History of the Enslaved and Civil Rights through Dance and Song

Location

Barnard Observatory, Tupelo Room

Start Date

3-2-2020 5:30 PM

Publication Date

February 2020

Description

Do you know the stories of the enslaved persons who built the University of Mississippi buildings that you walk into on a daily basis? What is the ideology behind the symbols that are found on campus? In this SouthTalk, members of the Lafayette/Oxford/University of Mississippi community embody local history through dance and song. Jennifer Mizenko is a professor of dance at the University of Mississippi. She has a BA in psychology from Kenyon College and an MA in dance from The Ohio State University. Rhondalyn Peairs is an Oxford native, a secondary educator, and a local historian. She is a graduate of Tougaloo College and is currently enrolled in the Southern Studies MA program at the University of Mississippi.

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conference proceeding

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Feb 3rd, 5:30 PM

Moving Spirits: History of the Enslaved and Civil Rights through Dance and Song

Barnard Observatory, Tupelo Room

Do you know the stories of the enslaved persons who built the University of Mississippi buildings that you walk into on a daily basis? What is the ideology behind the symbols that are found on campus? In this SouthTalk, members of the Lafayette/Oxford/University of Mississippi community embody local history through dance and song. Jennifer Mizenko is a professor of dance at the University of Mississippi. She has a BA in psychology from Kenyon College and an MA in dance from The Ohio State University. Rhondalyn Peairs is an Oxford native, a secondary educator, and a local historian. She is a graduate of Tougaloo College and is currently enrolled in the Southern Studies MA program at the University of Mississippi.