Document Type
News Article
Publication Date
10-29-2019
Abstract
Voices of Reconstruction is a two-day event devoted to understanding Reconstruction in Holly Springs. The conference begins with "Ecology of Reconstruction: Race & Land Use in Mississippi," featuring Dr. Mark Hersey, associate professor of history and Director of the Center for the History of Agriculture, Science, and the Environment of the South (CHASES) at Mississippi State University; Fraser Livingston, doctoral candidate in the CHASES program at MSU; Dr. Owen Hyman, instructional assistant professor of African American Studies at the University of Mississippi; and Rhondalyn Peairs, Southern Studies graduate student at the University of Mississippi. This panel of experts will represent perspectives from southern environmental and African American history. Mitch Robinson, conservation education manager at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center, will facilitate this conversation. This first session of the conference take place from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Yellow Fever Martyr's Church and Museum on College Street in Holly Springs.
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