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Yale Historian to Examine Civil War in Civil Rights Era
David Blight
OXFORD, Miss. – A Yale historian will visit the University of Mississippi Nov. 16 to share his insights on Civil War remembrance as part of the Gilder-Jordan Speaker Series in Southern Cultural History.
David Blight will discuss his latest book, “American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era,” (Harvard University Press, 2011) in a free, public lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Nutt Auditorium. He plans to focus on the hold that the Civil War still has on American imagination, with his lecture, “American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era in Our Own Time.”
“I’ll do this in part by focusing on some or all of the writers I delve into in-depth in this new book: Robert Penn Warren, Bruce Catton, Edmund Wilson and James Baldwin,” Blight said. “Each of these important writers, who worked in very different forms and all came from very different backgrounds, were major voices of how Americans remembered the Civil War during the era of the civil rights movement.
“Above all, I will discuss the connections and conflicts between the Civil War centennial commemoration of the 1950s and 1960s and the civil rights movement, which as everyone knows, was so deeply and famously pivotal in Mississippi.”
Blight is a Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University. Before joining the Yale faculty in 2003, he taught at Amherst College for 13 years. In 2010-11, he was the Rogers Distinguished Fellow in Nineteenth Century American History at the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif. (more…)
Brown bag lectures examine civil rights
The library held several brown bag lectures in the fall that focused on civil rights.
On Oct. 13, David Sansing lectured on “Meredith and Ole Miss: A Pivotal Moment in the Civil Rights Movement.” Sansing is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Mississippi. His presentation addressed the events of fall 1962 and their lasting impact on the university and the civil rights movement in general. (more…)
Silver Pond Dedication Photo Gallery
View images from the Silver Pond Dedication ceremony.
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- The late Dr. James W. Silver’s children; (L-R) Bill Silver, Betty Silver and Gail Silver pose for a photo near the historical plaque identifying Silver Pond on The University of Mississippi campus on Friday afternoon, Sept. 30, 2011.
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- The children of Dr. James W. Silver; (L-R) Bill Silver, Betty Silver and Gail Silver, listen as former student of Dr. Silver James L. Robertson gives his remarks at the dedication of Silver Pond on The University of Mississippi campus on Friday afternoon, Sept. 30, 2011.
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- Former student of Dr. Silver James L. Robertson talks with the children of Dr. James W. Silver; (L-R) Bill Silver, Betty Silver and Gail Silver, after the dedication of Silver Pond on The University of Mississippi campus on Friday afternoon, Sept. 30, 2011.
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- The children of Dr. James W. Silver; (L-R) Bill Silver, Betty Silver and Gail Silver, and Gail Silver’s husband Richard Ellis and other family members listen as former student of Dr. Silver James L. Robertson gives his remarks at the dedication of Silver Pond on The University of Mississippi campus on Friday afternoon, Sept. 30, 2011.
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- James L. Robertson gives his remarks to the standing room only crowd at the dedication for the Silver Pond in honor of the late Dr. James W. Silver.
UM Tribute Set for Professor James W. Silver
OXFORD, Miss. – Nearly 50 years after he left the University of Mississippi in a storm of controversy, the late James W. Silver, a history professor and author of a well-known book on repression during the segregation era, will be honored by the university in a pair of programs Sept. 30. (more…)
