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.
Relational Format
conference proceeding
Recommended Citation
Mizenko, Jennifer; Peairs, Rhondalyn; and University of Mississippi. Center for the Study of Southern Culture, "Moving Spirits: History of the Enslaved and Civil Rights through Dance and Song" (2020). All In. All Year Events Calendar. 7.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/all_in/2020/events/7
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.