A Dream Come True: More than 50 years after Black students demanded faculty and student leadership roles at the University of Mississippi, students of color are still grappling with what it means to be included.

Author

Kaylynn SteenFollow

Date of Award

Spring 5-10-2023

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

Journalism

First Advisor

Vanessa Gregory

Second Advisor

Vanessa Charlot

Third Advisor

Jennifer Parsons

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

This thesis tells the story of University of Mississippi alumna Treasure Fisher’s journey in the organization Column’s Society, an organization known as the hosts and hostess of the University of Mississippi. Throughout Fisher’s story, historical moments from the university’s complex relationship with its Black students are weaved through in an attempt to provide context for some of the lingering racial issues at the university today. Fisher’s story, these historical moments, and other anecdotal experiences from current and former Black students, faculty, and staff at the university challenges the reader to examine what representation does, and maybe should, mean to this campus and the broader society.

Recommended Citation

Steen, Kaylynn, "A Dream Come True: More than 50 years after Black students demanded faculty and student leadership roles at the University of Mississippi, students of color are still grappling with what it means to be included." (2023). Honors Theses. 2906.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2906

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