Opening the Closed Society

Authors

Gerald W. Walton, University of Mississippi
Ed Williams
Daniel W. Jones, University of Mississippi
Daniel P. Jordan

Document Type

Video

Publication Date

2011

Disciplines

American Politics | Journalism Studies

Abstract

In a special tribute, friends and former students of the late James W. Silver, a controversial history professor at Ole Miss and author of the groundbreaking 1964 book, “Mississippi: The Closed Society,” will remember his life and work as a fierce opponent of repression during the civil rights era.

Relational Format

video recording

Recommended Citation

Walton, Gerald W.; Williams, Ed; Jones, Daniel W.; and Jordan, Daniel P., "Opening the Closed Society" (2011). Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics. 105.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/overby/105