Interpersonal Activism: How Local Black Residents Shaped the University of Mississippi and Oxford in the Mid-Twentieth Century

Authors

Anna F. Kaplan, American University

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"It is difficult to measure the direct impact—and sometimes even the existence—of daily personal interactions on individuals’ thoughts about race and desegregation. Rather than attempting to parse between change stemming from interpersonal relationships versus change as a result of federal intervention, I examine interracial and intraracial interactions across the town/gown divide in Oxford as spheres of influence. Black challenges to White supremacy at UM brought systemic racism into question even though those systems of oppression remained in place."

Publication Date

2-15-2024

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journal article

Disciplines

American Studies | Food Studies | Photography | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies

Recommended Citation

Kaplan, Anna F., "Interpersonal Activism: How Local Black Residents Shaped the University of Mississippi and Oxford in the Mid-Twentieth Century" (2024). Study the South. 27.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/studythesouth/27

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